The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant On The Oregon Trail

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Genre: Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Juvenile Fiction; Juvenile Historical Fiction; West (U.S.); Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Overland journeys to the Pacif; Children: Grades 4-6; Orphans; Historical - United States - 19th Century; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General; Readers - Beginner; Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life; Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical;

Average Review: 4.5 stars

Review: its all good : In this book a young boy looses his family when they all drown but him. In his diary he talks about all of the people that are on the trip with him, including a Jew who is unliked by everyone except the blacksmith, whom he works for, and an abusive husband who he stands up to after the husband after he scares his daughter so badly that she hides, crouching, underneath the wagon. I liked this book a whole lot. It was a wonderful book. And so short! I read it in one night and I stayed up to finish it. I just didn't want to go to sleep not knowing what would happen next. One of the story elements in this story is suspense. There is so much suspense that it is almost like a thriller novel except not scary.