The JOURNAL OF AUGUSTUS PELLETIER

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	• The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 (My Name is America) Kathryn Lasky Scholastic Inc., 2000 - 171 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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The JOURNAL OF AUGUSTUS PELLETIER

I THANK THAT THIS IS A GOOD BOOK.BECAUSE IT IS REALLY INTERESTING . IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL LIKE IT A LOT. YOU WILL THINK IT IS GOOD. THE BOY,S NAME IS GUS PELLETIER. I REALLY THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT .AND HE MEET,S SOME INDIANS.

Cheers for Augustus!

First of all, the entire "Dear America/My Name is America" series is based on historical journals from a fictional child. To critisize this book because Augustus did not exsist is unfounded. For the past three years, I have read this book aloud to my students to accompany our Lewis & Clark unit. Every class I have read Augustus to, love it! My students have never walked away confused about Lewis & Clark. I recommend Augustus to all children interested in Lewis & Clark!

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The Journal of Agustus Pelletier

Wouldn't it be cool to get to name waterfalls? Well, that's mostly what they did in the Lewis and Clark expedition, besides having a young crewmember with a step dad that punished him by cutting off his ear!
This book is a great book. It's part of the Dear America series and has so much action! In this book they travel with a Navajo girl named Sacajawea who wishes to travel back to her homelands on the way and sure enough they stopped there, but Sacajewea couldn't go in! In the expedition they're traveling along the Mississippi river. Now here's the action packed summary of the story!
Traveling along the riverside going from Indian camp to Indian camp. Scavenging for food trying to hide. Gus a 14-year-old boy was keeping close to a kettle boat with Lewis and Clark aboard. He brought up the courage to expose himself to Lewis. Lewis didn't seem to care at all, he just told him to mark down the length and width of the river after Lewis measured it. When Lewis brought Gus aboard everyone was surprised. As Gus journeyed through to the shining sea he became a part of the permanent party - the party that travels to the shining sea.
I liked this book because it starts out with the main character avoiding being seen and trying to stay alive. There are some things that I didn't like though, for example, there was so much walking. I mean practically to whole book was walking. Another thing I didn't like was that some passages were confusing and I didn't understand. Besides that I would really recommend The Journal of Augustus Pelletier by Kathryn Lasky.

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An ok book, but one thing....

This book was very exciting and what was good, I enjoyed.
However, there was one thing that I really didn't appreciate.
The use of four-letter words is very abundant in this book. Aside from the fact that I hate that anyway, it's not very accurate. To use words like that in those days, even in a journal, meant a severe punishment if you were caught! I don't think that an author would dare take the risk.
This is supposed to be a kid's book, but I guess its gotten so course nowadays that bad language can even be used there and not be taken offensively.
Parents beware, if you have a no-tolerance policy on language, you might want to read this first before giving it to your children!

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