{"product_id":"wagon-wheels-level-3-grade-2-4-i-can-read","title":"Wagon Wheels, Level 3, Grade 2-4 (I Can Read)","description":"Based on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country's post-Civil War era.\nFormerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under the Homestead Act. Mother dies on the journey from Kentucky. The family joins a free Black community in Nicodemus, Kansas. They survive a difficult winter thanks to help from the Osage Native community. But in spring Daddy must leave the boys to find better land for farming.\nThe two older boys, eleven and eight, take care of their three-year-old brother in these difficult times. Then a letter arrives via Pony Express. Daddy has settled and gives the boys a map to follow. The three boys must begin their own journey. They must care for one another as they travel 150 miles on foot to join him in their new home.\n\"The Muldies' story gives beginning readers a glimpse of homesteaders' life and, specifically, an awareness of the Black groups in Kansas—and the boys' impressive feats of coping make for...genuine human interest.\" (Kirkus)\nWagon Wheels is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0064440524\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0064440524.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barbara Brenner|Don Bolognese\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46201141100721,"sku":"RDV.0064440524.A","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0064440524-0.jpg?v=1755970083","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/wagon-wheels-level-3-grade-2-4-i-can-read","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}