Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusettes Bay Colony

Otis always includes a myriad of examples of daily life that might be of interest to kids. Here he relates a punishment that the school teacher might use if a pupil whispers to a classmate: These whispering-sticks were stout bits of wood from the oak tree, which could not readily be broken by the teeth, and were put into a child's mouth as you thrust a bit into the mouth of a horse, after which the two ends were bound securely back of the neck. Thus the unfortunate one's jaws were stretched wide open, oftentimes for a full hour.

Etchings are used generously to illustrate the text. Sep 05, Thom Swennes rated it really liked it. Written for children, Ruth of Boston by James Otis tells the story of a twelve-year old girl in the form of a diary in the early years of the North American colonies. Her story starts in the year of twenty years after the settlement of the first colonies and she relates the difficulties the pilgrims experienced during the first few years of settlement in the New World.

Although the book was constructed to appeal to younger readers, I found it very interesting. Aside from her obvious obs Written for children, Ruth of Boston by James Otis tells the story of a twelve-year old girl in the form of a diary in the early years of the North American colonies. Aside from her obvious obsession with food or lack of it she explained such long forgotten trivia such as how to grow, harvest and process flax, how to make soap and many other chores the pioneers had to perform to survive in a wild new country.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and plan to read more books by James Otis, as they seem both informative and inspiring. This is historical fiction about the Pilgrims. Otis describes a lot of the history involving the lives of the people, both historical events and everyday lives.

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Sometimes, however, it's painfully obvious that the book was written to teach children, and it isn't as engaging as it could be. However, the chapters are very short, and it would be very easy to assign one or two chapters a day to a child studying this period of history.

The reader will not get bogged down if it's read in small chunks. Sep 19, Janelle marked it as dnf. I reached chapter three before giving it up. It is supposed to be the fictional diary of a 12 year old girl, but the author apparently had no idea how to accurately voice a 12 year old child. She sounded like an adult in a child's body.

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Despite some interesting historical details, it was rather boring. And their religion was so depressing. I'm very thankful I didn't live in that era, reading about their religious idiosyncrasies was bad enough. I think I'd be miserable living them. Gayle rated it it was amazing Oct 01, Mansi rated it liked it Nov 06, Sep 16, Big H rated it really liked it.

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