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Journal Of William Thomas Emerson, A Revolutionary War Patriot (My Name Is America)
Set in Massachusetts, this is the journal of a boy, surrounded by the politics and violence of war, who becomes a spy for the rebel colonists.
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
September 1st 1998
by Scholastic Inc.
(first published 1998)
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I've read another title in the series and recommended the series to my son. He selected this on, and we both found it rather slow and wandering. The other title started that way and then ended with a bang, I found it very good by the end. This one never really congealed into what I was expecting. You're never sure if it's a patriot book, a heres how they lived back then book or something else. I think that really it tried to cover too many areas and never delved into one enough.
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This book takes time during the Revolutionary War.William is an orphan who ran away from his foster parents.He helps a lot of people like finding who the spies are.At the time it's too dangerous to stay so he has to go somewhere safe and is forced to move with a lady he's known.
I did not like this book. It did not have any action or intense parts in it. It was just about the Revolutionary War Patriort. I would not read this book again...
Aside from William displaying a complete disregard for Providence in the first entry, this fictional diary was quite good.
This was a Great Book About the Revoutionary War. I loved The Epiloge.
Easy read but I wish the author included more on the revolution
This would be a 5th grade book club book during the American Revolution unit. Not very detailed, but gives an interesting account of an orphan boy growing up in Boston during the time of the Tea Party, Siege of Boston, and other events that will be covered in the unit.
This one reminds me more of My Brother Sam is Dead than it did of The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy.
This one reminds me more of My Brother Sam is Dead than it did of The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy.
Once again, I'm not a fan of war stories.
Bleh, boring in my opinion.
This entire series is a wonderful way to learn history or teach it to adolescents. I find today's generations seem to recall more when they learn through other people (pop songs, celebrity gossip, etc.), so what better way to teach history than through someone else's perspective? Yes, "authentic" diaries would be "better", but would the language really hold the modern student's attention? Did the diary writer know what WOULD be important in the context of history? Probably not.
I am really enjoying how this book is going so far! We are reading this in a group in class.
We are reading this book in school and it reminds me a lot of the 'Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce'.
I was never a really big historical fiction person but this series was pretty good.
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Barry Denenberg is the critically acclaimed author of non-fiction and historical fiction. His historical fiction includes titles in the Dear America, My Name is America, and Royal Diaries series, many of which have been named NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. His nonfiction books have covered a wide array of topics, from Anne Frank to Elvis Presley. After the publicatio...more
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