Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl | 
|  | | | Title: | Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl | | Author: | Marissa Moss | | Publisher: | Silver Whistle Paperbacks | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 May, 2001 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 015202168X / 9780152021689 | | List Price: | $7.00 | | Amazon Price: | $7.00 | |
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Product Description
Traveling by covered wagon, young Rachel and her family follow the Oregon Trail from Illinois all the way to California. The terrain is rough and the seven-month trip is filled with adventure. Rachel's own handwritten journal chronicles every detail and features cherished "pasted-in" mementos gathered along the way.
Amazon.com Review
Marissa Moss, author of the popular Amelia's Notebook series, moves into new territory with Rachel's Journal, the story of a spirited 10-year-old pioneer girl who must leave her childhood home in Illinois and travel by covered wagon to the wilds of California. Rachel is entrusted by her grandfather to chronicle the long journey in the form of a handwritten journal. Through her journal entries, we are transported into a world of new adventures and fearsome challenges as Rachel's family and the others in their wagon train make their way along the Oregon Trail in search of a homestead in the Sacramento Valley. Rachel is refreshingly unconventional: she dons her brother's shirt and britches when one of the oxen makes "a nice meal" of her only wool dress, learns to crack a whip, and makes friends with a young American Indian brave. Children will delight in the day-to-day accounts of life on the trail, enhanced by the notes and colorful drawings Rachel has added to the journal's margins. Based on real diaries kept by courageous pioneers between 1846 and 1868, Rachel's Journal is an excellent choice for third graders and older, and can also be successfully read aloud to younger children, who will enjoy imagining themselves as pioneering adventurers. An intimate look at a momentous journey, this book will not fail to move and inspire readers of all ages. --Aimée Damman
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Customer Reviews:
• Good For Class; Good For Home 10 September, 2002
Though this book is meant to be an aid in the classroom, I found it highly enjoyable even for the casual reader. It informs while entertaining. By using the medium of a girl's diary, the author is able to show facets of pioneer life not often brought out. This book is well worth the price, both as a fun read and as a useful reference.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AAYOK6NJN9KRH
• Rachels Journal Review 11 February, 2005
I like the book because ,it is writer in letters. Rachels likes to writter in like 12 day. I will read more of other book like it .
- Reviewed by customer ID: A24ZZNC9R676P7
• Terrific Story And Format 17 March, 2008
My 11-yo daughter and I are doing a study on the Westward Expansion and Pioneers. We read this aloud to each other yesterday afternoon within a period of a couple of hours and both thoroughly enjoyed it. It is written in journal format by a 10-yo making the journey from Illinois to California with her family. Wonderful read!
- Reviewed by customer ID: AP07COLNCOOVZ
• Loved This Book! 22 February, 2003
Just like Marissa Moss' "Amelia" books, this was a hand-written, journal-style book, with lots of pictures. It is the journal of ten-year-old Rachel, who travels with her family of pioneers from Illinois to California in search of a better place to live. In her journal, she records the trip and there are many details! It has humor thrown in, great pictures, and a nice journal format. I've enjoyed reading this book, and I can't wait to read all of Marissa Moss' other historical journals.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AOR590VF8YI5J
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