Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce (book review)



The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce is a Dear America book written by Kathryn Lasky. It is the story of a young orphan who comes to America as an indentured servant on the Mayflower. Jasper is exposed to a whole new world full of "savages", strange beasts, and hidden worlds. When two boys threaten Jasper after he bravely stops their duel in the village, he has no choice but to run away into the wild. Jasper is taken in by the Native Americans as one of their own, but he dreads the day when they must return him back to the village.

This was one of the best Dear America books I have read. The plot was interesting and you never knew what adventure Jasper was going to run into next!

I give this book 8.5 out of 10 stars.

The Spring Reading Thing reading challenge: 30 books down, 0 to go!

3 comments:

samantha said...

my name is samantha and i am doing a report on that book and i need to know what happens through the pages of 99-131 because i am going to get an f if i dont and i read so slow.

Cary Stone said...

what was your two favorite parts of the book

Unknown said...

I thought this book was by Ann Rinaldi...