The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy

This is my first experience with the My Name is America series, though I have read a number of other books in the Dear America series and I have to say, I rather enjoyed it. My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce is written in the style of a personal diary that the main character (Jasper Jonathan Pierce) writes to his brother whom he was forced to leave behind in England. The book initially starts out... Read Full Review

"I am so weary yet I must write. I have been ashore! How strange it is to cast an eye on the nearby forest and not know what manner of beast was watching you". What you just read was a quote from The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pearce. Jasper Jonathan Peirce was a young pilgrim boy on the Mayflower. The book gives us a look at pilgrim lifestyle. It tells what happened from the first time someone stepped on Plymouth to... Read Full Review

I had read this book for a book report in my U.S. History class, and I decided to read this book because I really like to learn about the Pilgrims. All in all, this is a great book and I think that Jr. High kids will like to read about this.

This book is great. It has so many real history facts and moments. It talks of a boy of 14 who sails on the Mayflower, to get to a new land called,America. Jasper goes through many hard times. He sees people die,and goes on a wild adventure into the woods where he meets the evil one. They say once you see him you will be killed or will you. To find out this and more just read this book.

Orphaned when they were little, fourteen-year-old Jasper and his younger brother, Tom, scavanged on the streets of London, until they were fortunate enough to find positions as indentured servants. But when Jasper's master decides to travel to America on the Mayflower and Tom's does not, the brothers are separated. On the long, tedious, and difficult journey to the New World, and during the dangerous and tragedy-filled... Read Full Review