The Oregon Trail: Alone in the Wild: An Interactive Adventure About Survival and Choice for Children

The Oregon Trail #5

by Jesse Wiley

Fight for survival in this trailblazing choose-your-own-trail experience​! With more than twenty possible endings, there are wild animals, rapid rivers, bandits, storms, famine, and even death that stand in between you and your family in Oregon Territory. Do you have what it takes to make the right choices and survive the Oregon Trail?

In this exciting choose-your-own-trail stand-alone story featuring 8-bit art, it's 1850 and you are at the halfway point on your journey west on the Oregon Trail. When a powerful storm separates you from your family, you must use all of your smarts to survive on your own. Along the way, you meet a twelve-year-old girl from the Shoshone Nation, who has the grit and smarts to help you both make it to Oregon Territory.

Which path will get you safely across the country and reunited with your family?

With twenty-two possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never live out your dreams. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to Oregon City!

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Genres: Historical Fiction, Gamebooks, Childrens, Middle Grade, Historical

160 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2019

Reviews

[T. R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun! If you want to make it more challenging, do not read the Trail Guide (as recommended). I only died once. There are a variety of choices, and it’s interesting to later go back and see what would have happened with the other choices.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

First sentence: It's 1849, and you and your family are settlers on the journey of a lifetime on the Oregon Trail. So far, the trip has been filled with challenges: runaway oxen, bandits, illness, dangerous wildlife, broken wagon parts, and more. You're lucky you've all made it to South Pass, Wyoming--your halfway point.

Premise/plot: This is a stand alone title in the Oregon Trail Choose Your Own Adventure series by Jesse Wiley. In this one, the reader finds himself/herself ALONE after the fording of a river goes wrong. There are twenty possible endings but only one where you are a) alive and b) reunited with parents. (Not to be confused with the ending where you're a) barely alive and b) reunited with your parents but they're likely to die soon too.) How wisely will you choose?

My thoughts: I loved reading all four books last year in the series. I would recommend all the books. I enjoyed this stand-alone adventure. I wouldn't mind having even MORE stand-alone adventures. There are still plenty of scenarios left unexplored at this point.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Great survivalist fun.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish some of the paths led to the same place and sometimes the choices are easy,but a good story.

[Beka Griffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used to LOVE choose your own adventure books growing up, combine that with the epitome of computer lab games growing up and you know it’s a winner!
I made it through quickly once (ie...I died from a thin tree branch and some tempting eggs) and then went back a step to continue the story.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well we went through all the classic endings- joy, eaten by wolves, frozen, forest fires, drinking bad water/eating bad meat, disease. There were a *few* happy endings and it was fun to go through all the options.

[Amber Wineinger · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was excited to read this book! It intrigued me to see how the author wrote the book with the different options a read could choose. It brought back memories of playing the Oregon Trail Game back in the computer lab in elementary!
However, I felt like I died either way I read the book.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The is a GREAT book series. It was actually fun to read as an adult especially if you ever played the game. :)

[Kim Hampton · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books take me back to a childhood filled with Oregon Trail computer games, and Choose Your Own Adventure books.

[Brielle]

it was really fun finding my own adventure and seeing all of the different paths to take. Also i have figured out the exact paths to do to make a safe trip.

[Flyingzebras · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun if you like the Oregon Trail game.

[JJRichie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute chose your own adventure book with pixelated art, fun decision making, and video game like endings.

[Elli Kataura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this with my son and we enjoyed the journey.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Jamelah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. I read it with my daughter. We had fun choosing our next adventures.

[Elijah Hobes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kept hitting road blocks and never made it to the final destination
Edit: I made it. Finally.