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Available
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Publication
Holiday House (1988), Edition: 1st, 128 pages
Description
A young girl relates the hardships and dangers of traveling with her family in a covered wagon from Illinois to California during the 1860's.
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LibraryThing member meallen1
Cassie's Journey is a historical fiction book. The art in the book is all hand drawn and it is done with lead or charcoal. The book is about a girl named Cassie and her family moving to California in 1860 to find a better life. The reading level is fourth grade. The curricular connection is history
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and it would be a great book to read when talking about the 1800's and people moving out west. Show Less
LibraryThing member odonnell
The author, Harvey Brett, based his story of a young girl's journey to California on actual pioneer diaries. Realistic hardships that "Cassie" and her family face such as harsh weather, swollen rivers, disease, near starvation, death, lonliness and boredom are included in this first-person
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narrative, but, incredibly, are not overly depressing. The black and white drawings by illustrator Deborah Kogan Ray add to the story. Show Less
LibraryThing member kryoung1
This story shows the struggles faced in the 1860s when traveling west in a wagon train. The book is told from the point of view of a young girl named Cassie traveling to California with her family. Being told from a child's perspective gives the book a little more interest and wonder than an adult
I remember reading this book at some point when I was younger and making my own covered wagon out of a shoebox afterwards along with some other projects of the unit study. Overall I think this is a great book that kids can learn a lot from.
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that would know all the answers to her questions, but we still are able to learn a lot through this character. I remember reading this book at some point when I was younger and making my own covered wagon out of a shoebox afterwards along with some other projects of the unit study. Overall I think this is a great book that kids can learn a lot from.
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LibraryThing member Cecelia.McKay
Cassie's Journey, Going West in the 1860's by Brett Harvey is a historical account about a family traveling west in the 1860's. The story is told from Cassie's point of view. She is a little girl who is traveling with her brother, mama, and papa in a wagon across the country to make a better life
I like this story because it is told from the viewpoint of the little girl and how she relates to the events happening around her. I also like this story because of the historical significance it offers young children. They can learn how life was for children back in those days.
This book would be a good book to teach children about what life was like for some of the people in America in 1860. I would then relate the hardships of these children to the way children live today.
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for themselves. Along the way, they encounter sickness, death, and Indians. The story ends on a happy note with them arriving at their first stop a week early and celebrating the Fourth of July.I like this story because it is told from the viewpoint of the little girl and how she relates to the events happening around her. I also like this story because of the historical significance it offers young children. They can learn how life was for children back in those days.
This book would be a good book to teach children about what life was like for some of the people in America in 1860. I would then relate the hardships of these children to the way children live today.
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Subjects
Awards
CCBC Choices (1988)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0823406849 / 9780823406845