Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

Title
Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

Personal Author EPSB
Patricia Clark. Smith

Summary
The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year old Pocasset girl destined to become a leader of her tribe, describes how her life changes with the seasons, after a ritual fast she undertakes, and with her tribe's interaction with the English "Coat-men" of the nearby Plymouth Colony.

Other Title
Heart of the Pocassets

Year Published
2003

Series
The royal diaries.

Physical Description
186 p.

Note
20.00

Note (Local)
Book

Grade Interest level
5-8.

Program Information
Gr. 5+

Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Fiction.
 
Pocasset -- Fiction.
 
Diaries -- Fiction.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Massachusetts -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Fiction.

Summary
The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year old Pocasset girl destined to become a leader of her tribe, describes how her life changes with the seasons, after a ritual fast she undertakes, and with her tribe's interaction with the English "Coat-men" of the nearby Plymouth Colony.

ISBN
9780439129107

Publisher
New York : Scholastic, 2003.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Gold BarF DEABook30127000012729Fiction