A Journey to the New World

*A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620*
	Original 1996 release cover
Author	Kathryn Lasky
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Dear America
Genre	young adult fiction
Publisher	Scholastic, Inc
Publication date	September 1, 1996
Media type	Print
Followed by	The Winter of Red Snow

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.

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