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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780590510783
ISBN number: 0590510789
Label: Scholastic Ltd.
Manufacturer: Scholastic Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 156
Printing Date: July 01, 2000
Publishing house: Scholastic Ltd.
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 164745
Studio: Scholastic Ltd.
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In 1620, an indentured servant named Jasper Jonathan Pierce sets sail with his master and 100 others on the Mayflower, seeking adventure, freedom from the rules of King James's church, and a new way of life in America.
While many people are familiar with the history of the Pilgrims, popular historical novelist Ann Rinaldi (The Last Silk Dress and A Break With Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials) delves far deeper into the day-to-day life of these brave pioneers. Beleaguered by internal strife and sickness, the passengers and crew of the Mayflower arrived in Plymouth ill-equipped to last the winter. With the help of several Indians who befriended the settlers, many survived, although a number of them died. Viewed through the eyes of 14-year-old Jasper, who records the events of his very first 15 months in America in his journal, the Pilgrims' experiences take on a fresh, current feel. Although Jasper is a fictional character, the other characters in the story were real people, and the events are soundly based on factual accounts. Encounters with Pilgrim bullies, the suicide of one woman, and blow-by-blow details of the hardships endured make this an exciting, intelligent addition to the excellent My Name Is America series. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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This is my very first experience with the My Name is America series, though I have read a number of other books in the Dear America series and I have to say, I rather enjoyed it. My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce is written in the style of a personal diary that the main character (Jasper Jonathan Pierce) writes to his brother whom he was forced to leave behind in England. The book initially starts out with some history on JJP and his brother...they are orphaned children of a clock maker who had been living on the streets of London for several years begging, doing odd jobs and even pick-pocketing to get by. They are lured into becoming indentured servants when they are threatened with prison for their stealing. The boys (Jasper 14, and Tom 12) enter into a contract for 7 years each with different families, each set to sail to the New World on the Mayflower. At the last minute, Tom's "owner" decides the trip is too dangerous and takes Tom and leaves the boat. Distraught, Jasper has no choice but to go on, but Jasper has a kindly master and he is given a blank book to record his journey so that he might keep his brothers in his thoughts and deeds.
From there, we are given an account of the journey on the Mayflower, the landing of the Pilgrims and Strangers (non-pilgrims) in the New World, their attempts to settle, and their struggles to make contact with the elusive and frightening (to them) natives, and the harsh (and sometimes deadly) conditions they had to endure while setting up their town and in making it through their very first few winters in Plymouth. I enjoyed reading this because the main character (Jasper) is based on an actual historical figure who landed with the Mayflower and while it is a fictional account, it is historically accurate in detailing the condition their lives and the physical and emotional well-being (or lack there of) as individuals and as a community and I think that this book (and the entire series) is a wonderful way for children to get an idea of exactly what life was like for children (and adults) in the colonial period of U.S. history. Jasper himself wasn't a Pilgrim, but his "story" gives the reader and up-close and personal glimpse into their day-to-day lives as well as showing their encounters with the Indians in a way that demonstrates all the fear (and moral superiority on occasion) they felt in meeting and dealing with them. I also like that the author takes the time to also show the lives of the Indians way of life and how they might have felt about these new immigrants in a positive way while foreshadowing the difficulties that were yet to come. Young readers will appreciate reading about the history of the Plymouth colony from a perspective they can relate to and they will get lot of great information on the journey to the new world, the beliefs and practices of the Pilgrims and their struggles to rebuild their lives in this unfamiliar New World! I give My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce five stars and two thumbs up...a great jumping off point for studying the Pilgrims, Plymouth, and/or the voyage of the Mayflower to the New World. This book is ideal for readers age 9-12 and may be suitable for the 7-9 range as a read aloud (with discussion). I'd recommend this book in a heartbeat.
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I'm a descendant of him, this was written the day before the New Year of 2008. Other authors are missing the whole point of this denomination- pilgrim. It's like Catholic taken to an extreme. The plural, pilgrims, refers to those 102 who landed on the Mayflower. There's not many in Europe. They got rid of anything supernatural from the Holy Bible with the 1611 King James- the year 1611. The idera isn't gothic- that was the fashion back then in plantation days, with often a grey rimmed hat and grey and white outfits with buckled shoes. It wasn't to shock people. That was the sense of fashion back then, like the knights in armour was the fashion in the dark ages to the very early 1500s. The Middle Ages ended with Martin Luther's 95 Theses. You no longer could only be baptized as an infant and they no longer could only be the religion their king or prince picked. The debate was if they were freeloaders. The whole idea was the trash farm, for both rich and poor. Rich people would buy a lot of stuff to save it for future generations and barely non for right here right now. When the poor wanted something, they used it that day and wanted it to last. The war with the idians was the idea of supremacy, and yesterday every continent was bought out for cheap with the U.S. dollar. Other currencies could've had an edge on the almighty U.S. dollar, but they couldn't upkeep it. That's where the word fag comes from - referring to a European Christian. As an evangelist for a local church this denomination, the gay marriage thing, well the congregation myself is mixed in with the lost because you couldn't pigeonhole yourself you had to customize it, with we get from Aleister Crowley. And again the clothes weren't to shock people. The Amish got rid of anything supernatural, period. Is this what a denomination with humour is coming to? Well, look up the history of it. The homo essence as acceptable goes back to pre Hellenistic Greece and Rome. So, o.k. go that far back. They even had laws banning it, it is therefore a crime. The joke's on you. The priest there saw how many would want it, so they could nail them for a crime. That is not a modern issue. Free air IS!
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there is a boy named jasper jonathan peirce he is a young man who is traveling on a ship.he was aboard the mayflower ship on the see he was already setting off but he had left his brother but he went to tell the man who drove the boat but he laughed at him and said your brother is 80 years old and if he had a book he would be happy for the rest of his misrable life.on that very day he was very sad because he had left his brother behind. but after a while he forgot about it and he was ready for his adventure and ready to move on.:)but if u think this sounds like an intersting book go ahead read it because it is a wonderfull book for all ages...so take a brake go on an adventure and read this book:)
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"I am so weary yet I must write. I have been ashore! How strange it is to cast an eye on the nearby forest and not know what manner of beast was watching you".
What you just read was a quote from The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pearce. Jasper Jonathan Peirce was a young pilgrim boy on the Mayflower. The book gives us a look at pilgrim lifestyle. It tells what happened from the very first time someone stepped on Plymouth to the Thanksgiving feast. I would recommend this book for eight year olds and over. The book is very unique because instead of chapters it has entries, just like real journal would give this book an eight out of ten. I liked this book because it really happened. If you are interest in history you should buy this book.
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This book was about a boy named Jasper Jonathan Pierce, an orphaned indentured servant who is in search for a better life. (...). This was the worst book I have ever read in my entire life (I have read a lot of books)! This was one of the very first historical fiction books I have read and it will be the last! Nobody on the face of the Earth should read this book! It was not exciting at all and I did not like one thing about it!
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