A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America)

Kathryn Lasky

Aug 2011 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!Twelve-year-old Remember Patience Whipple ("Mem" for short) has just arrived in the New World with her parents after a grueling 65-day journey on the MAYFLOWER. Mem has an irrepressible spirit, and leaps headfirst into life in her new home. Despite harsh conditions, Mem is fearless. She helps to care for the sick and wants more than anything to meet and befriend a Native American.

Ratings and reviews

Another charming Dear America book "written" by a 12 year old girl traveling on the Mayflower. I learn so much whenever I read these books. Amazing to think about the courage needed to travel so far with death everywhere. Large amounts of people died around Remember, I guess that was what life was like in those times, sickness, child birth and injuries could all mean death. Sad that when these people came to America they came to escape government telling them how to worship, and ended up being so intolerant of people wanting to worship differently in their settlement. They felt they were more privy to the knowledge of God. They tried to convert the people they found in America. I hope this child learned the ways of the Indians, how to swim and enjoy her childhood, but I bet she didn't. 16-2005

About the author

Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series and the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as A Time for Courage and other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed historical fiction titles, such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.