This was probably more of a young adult book but adults could enjoy it also. It's about a large family who came over from England to follow fellow Morman's to Salt Lake City. They were called the Willie Handcart Company as they only had the Willie Handcarts to put their meager possessions in. There were about 400 people in the group. They had been warned that they were leaving too late in the season but they chose to do it anyway. By the time the snowstorms came, their clothes were already worn and they were out of food. They had lost a number of people already and others had frostbite and were sick. They were praying for the rescue party to come save them as they had been promised.This was an interesting historical fiction book based on fact, told by the great great granddaughter of the main protagonist. This book was bland and boring. I didn't care if the characters lived or died. The writing was fine, and I'm sure it was fun for the author to write. (I think it is her first book.) But I wasn't drawn into the story. The only good thing about the book was that it was short so I didn't waste too much time on it. I would only recommend this book to a ten or twelve year old interested in learning a little about the story...but even then I would feel like I was doing them a disservice.
I had never heard of push carts before. Amazing story of survival
—allie
Same story, different author. Nothing new.
—tin
Good, short read
—pennyban
