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Squanto, Friend Of The Pilgrims (Scholastic Biography)

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This book, although a resource used in many classrooms across the United States, has been overused. This book has an improper representation of the history of Squanto's life. Research has not been done at all in the development of this book.The way in which the author portrays Squanto is very poor as well. This book was written in 1954, a time in which the idea of what an Indian was supposed to be was stereotypical. Squanto is portrayed as unable to speak proper English even after 9 years in England. I would not recommend that this book be used in the classroom unless it is to address the stereotypical view of Indians. There are more recent publications that are much more suitable for reading.
For a book with accurate historical information and reference items in the back of the book, see Joseph Bruchac's Squanto's Journey.
If I could give a rating of zero, I would.

Clyde Robert Bulla does an excellent job with bringing the content of the book down to the readers level. This book is emotional as well as informational which is probably why younger children love it.

I liked this book because it was a very interesting story about Squanto and his journeys with the English in the New World and in England. I found it sad the way he was put on display and mistreated by Captain Weymouth. In the end it was wonderful that he found a home in the New World with the pilgrims.

Sometimes, unexpectedly bad things happen to really nice people. This story is a great one for taking risks, overcoming adversity and never giving up. Look at all that happened to Squanto -- honored, made a spectacle of, enslaved, all alone in strange lands, freed, returning home to find his village has met an unimaginable end, meeting the English Pilgrim settlers and helping them.

I read this book with my children.

I love to read books about the history of the Mayflower Pilgrims and Native Americans. This is yet another Bulla book that we enjoyed.

Squanto is an interesting person, and he undeservedly went through a lot of heartache. Even after everything that was done to him, he still trusted and helped the "white men." We plan to read more about him.

Squanto went with the white men to meet oher people. Squanto wanted to go home but all the ships were full.After one year Squanto lived with his best friend Charles Robbins. Then one day he heard a ship was avalible. He got on the ship and in a few days later. They went huning and Squanto dicided to go home and he got half way there and Caption Hunt and cought him and tied his ankles and wrists with rope.a slave market in spain.Two chrishtens bought him and let him go. He wentto England.Hewent home and he found a little boy and asked him where his tribe was
and the little boy said they had a disease.everyone caughtit and died.The little boy asked him if he wanted tocome to his tibe andhe said" YES". The End!

Squanto friend of the pilgims is a great book! It gives a lot of information about Squanto.He was a nice person he wanted to meet the white men. When the white men came to their land Squanto went to meet them. Squanto was in a bush hiding from the white men {pilgrims} one of the white men pulled up gun and shot a bird Squanto jumped out and ducked. He met the white men and sailed to London with the pilgrims. He stayed there for many years. When he went back home he was captured and taken back to London and was a slave but two pastors freed him. when he came home his tribe was gone there was nothing left for him.

In this book Squanto Friend of the pilgrims.There is a boy named Squanto and he wanted to be friends with the white men.Squanto was in the patuxet tribe.One day Squanto went with the pilgrims to London.Then Squanto went with captin John Smith.Captin John Smith tied Squanto and threw him in the botom of the ship. Squanto asked were they were taking him. The next day he was outside and he was tied up in chains.Thene somewon bought Squanto and they let him go free.Squanto got back home and now one was there.The patuxet tribe was gone. The hole tribe was dead.A indan kid came from hunting and told him why they were dead.He lived with the kid for a long time.He left because they laghed at him. He made his own house.The kid found him and he went back to the kids house.THE END

Have you heard of Squanto? If so, you will like the book SQUANTO Friend of the Pilgrims.There is an indian boy in the tribe of Patuxet village.In the second chapter he gets shot but doesn't die. He goes to London for 3 years. During the years his tribe get a bad disease and they all die. He finds a bowl that someone once owned.He saw a hunter and goes to his village with him. I won't tell you any more so if you want the real info read this book.

I thought this book was cool because you learn about Squanto. In this book Squanto meets pilgrims. When Squanto arrives at Spain he is at a slave market because a guy named Captain Hunt made him be a slave but some people didn't want Squanto to be a slave. When Squanto comes back home, all of his people were gone. They died of a sickness. There was only a hunter left. That is what I know about Squanto.