Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626

by Gary Bowen

Christopher Sears, a thirteen-year-old orphan stranded at Plimouth Plantation, describes daily life in the colony

Genres: History, Thanksgiving, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great representation of what life was like for the Pilgrims. The woodcuts were great.

[Kristie Storie Winston · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was standing in the library making copies at the photocopy machine and happened to pick this books up. I ended up reading all 81 pages and enjoying the woodcut pictures. I even learned a few tidbits about Plimoth plantation that I didn’t previously know about from the year 1626. Exactly 400 years ago!

[Shiloah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a chapter type book, epistolary style, disguised as a picture book. It was uninteresting to the kids, way too long, style not good for kids, and many pages had no pictures, just words. Seemed promising. Would be better as a chapter book.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engaging and beautifully illustrated.
Upper elementary through middle school, but can be enjoyed by all.

[M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book for 4th and 5th graders who are studying American history. It's a fictional account of a boy who survived shipwreck off the Massachusetts coast in 1626; friendly Native Americans took him and the other survivors to Plimoth Plantation. Christopher Sears, age 13, was placed with Elder Brewster and his family, senior members of the colony. The book, written in diary form, gives a good account of the daily life of a young teenage boy in that place at that time. Christopher has lessons with some other boys, digs for clams for dinner, mends fences, hoes the garden, and helps make the coffin when needed. He attends 8-hour church services and impromptu celebration dances in the street.

The book may be hard to find as it was written in 1994.

More detailed in some ways, but very reminiscent of Sarah Morton's Day: a Day in the Life of a Pilrim Girl, by Kate Waters, and Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the life of a Pilgrim Boy and Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy In Pilgrim Times, both by Kate Waters and Russ Kendall, and written about the same time.

[Julie Barrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stranded at Plimoth Plantation by Gary Bowen
Author has done research and worked at Old Sturbridge Village, a sister village, interesting as I have knitted items for both villages using their wool and patterns of the time.
Have always found new things to see and learn that we can adapt to our living today.
1626 Christopher Sears 13 was headed to Jamestown, VA but landed at Plimoth where a family takes him in.
Journal telling of wedding, births, funeral, planting, building houses, etc along with religion. Love hearing how they preserve the foods grown as we've seen it done in Sturbridge.
Loved hearing of the woodcuts and printing processes.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

[Mary Bennett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stranded at Plimoth Plantation written as a journal by a servant named Christopher. His journal features many hard subjects that they people of the time had to deal with. He writes about births, weddings, death and the Indians. There is much to learn from this story that can be useful in teaching students. Students can learn about history for Christopher's struggles and his story. I would recommend this book for a middle school classroom.

[Abby Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really neat information.

[Shelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book to explore how Plimouth plantation life was.

[Amber · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read the first page and got so bored that I groaned audibly. DONEZO.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good journal type book about a boy that is in Plymouth.