Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

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Label

Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets

Statement of responsibility

by Patricia Clark Smith

Creator

• Smith, Patricia Clark
• trueSmith, Patricia Clark

Subject

• true17th century -- 1601 -- 1700
• trueComing-of-age stories
• trueDiaries
• Diaries -- Fiction
• trueDiary novels
• trueFourteen-year-old girls
• Historical fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueIndians of North America -- Massachusetts
• Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction
• trueMassachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691
• Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Fiction
• truePocasset Indians
• Pocasset Indians -- Fiction
• trueRulers
• trueVision quests
• trueWampanoag Indians

Genre

• trueDiary novels
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueComing-of-age stories

Language

eng

Summary

The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year-old Pocasset Indian 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

Member of

• trueRoyal diaries

Theme

• trueRoyal reads

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• genealogical tables

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1050

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.S65745

LC item number

We 2003

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1050

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Series statement

Dear America: The royal diaries

Target audience

pre adolescent