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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
Original 1996 release cover
AuthorKathryn Lasky
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDear America
Genreyoung adult fiction
PublisherScholastic, Inc
Publication date
September 1, 1996
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Winter of Red Snow 
Original 2010 release cover

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 is a historical novel for young readers. It is the first book in the series Dear America. Remember Patience Whipple is a girl who was on board the Mayflower and is sailing from England. She is headed toward the New World with her family of four. Mr. Whipple is Patience’s father and can fix things. Mam, Patience’s mother, and Blessing who is Patience’s little sister. Patience has a friend called Hummy and she too is sailing on the Mayflower to the New World. Hummy's father is who takes care of her, because Hummy's mother died, this makes Hummy's father very melancholic. This is the first novel in the Dear America series.