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| Dear America | 
 enlarge | Author: Kristiana Gregory
Publisher: Scholastic
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (165 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2026127
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0439555337
EAN: 9780439555333
ASIN: 0439555337
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Product Description
Thirteen-year-old Hattie Campbell records the details of her family's harrowing migration to Oregon in a covered wagon and describes the many challenges, both joyful and tragic, that mark the journey.
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One of the Best Dear America Books! November 6, 2008
This is one of the best Dear America books. A young 13 year old Hattie Campbell travels with her family west on the Oregon Trail. She encounters numerous difficulties. She creates a soup out of local plants and accidentally includes Hemlock which kills several children, sees an accident which causes people to fall into a river while crossing along with several marriages, births and deaths. This book is well detailed and not as thin as some of the other books are. It is very good.
 An author's imaginary journey across America. April 26, 2008
As a native Oregonian, the attraction of reading a diary of one who made the Oregon Trail journey was met with eager anticipation. Early on, the diary though very interesting, soon became a series of calamities that left the reader thinking, what else could this poor family possibly endure? As the journey continued, it became apparent that the author had taken great liberty and creative license to spice up this historical adventure. By the end of the diary it was discovered that this work was fiction, which resulted in great disappointment, leaving the reader feeling mislead. As a work of fiction based on possible Oregon Trail experiences, this book proves to be entertaining, however it is not a true diary.
I remember the effect this book had on me April 10, 2008
It has been years since I have read this book. I can still, to this day, remember the effect this book had on me. I was eight or nine at the time. I remember reading the diary entries and feeling as if I were right there next to Hattie, walking in the dirt or the snow. I cried at times when something bad had happened to Hattie or the people around her. I felt compassion, and found myself wanting to reach into the book and help the people myself. I learned many things about life in that time period that I had never known. I had learned about pioneers in school, but I never imagined that it would be as hard or as rewarding of an experience for them to go through.
The book made an impact on me from page one. I highly recommend it.
AWESOME BOOK!!!!! April 9, 2008
This book is a great one. It is about a girl named Hattie and about her life going on the Oregon Trail. She faces many troubles and all the things that happened to her. It is very emotional. There's good times : ) and bad times : ( . But it all works out well!!!!!( I hope I didn't spoil the ending for you!!!!) : )
One of the Best Books of my Childhood March 11, 2008
I read this when it first came out, when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I loved this story and could not put it down. Plus, when we started talking about the Oregon Trail in class, I was really interested in it and prepared for it. It is my favorite book of the Dear America series, and it is one of the most amazing children's story ever. The only criticism I can make is that sometimes it is hard to sympathize with Hattie; she is not the best Dear America character.
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