Discover the Life of Sacagawea with Judith Bloom Fradin's 'Who Was Sacagawea?'

Judy Wesslen: Granddaughter LOVES these books! She is in 2nd grade, but is an advanced reader.

United States on May 10, 2023

Adri: Ordered for my daughters book report and I read it and it's a great read.

United States on Feb 01, 2023

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Spain on Oct 23, 2021

クコの実: Before reading this novel, I just thought Sacagawea had a tough life and died young, but now I could say that she had chosen her life herself. In the middle of the story, the author tells us that she must have been tempted to stay with her people. However, she chose to move on with the Corps of Discovery. "She may have never felt so important before."

I was also attracted by the cover picture. Deformed and funny. If I were Sacagawea, I would lough and felt happy with the picture.

Although the pictures on kindle were neither vivid nor clear (maybe because of my age?),I think I would read another book in this series. Thank you.

Japan on Sep 20, 2021

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United Kingdom on Aug 30, 2019

mcewin: Remembering that we know very little about the real Sacajawea except for what is recorded in Lewis & Clark journals (available from Dover), this book does a creditable job of reconstructing her role in the L&C trek to the Pacific Coast. The journals uniformly praise her value to the expedition (especially in comparison to her French-trapper husband), and these episodes are extracted and brought to life. I have a slight 'yes but' to the incident with the capsized canoe, where Sacajawea rescued much valuable material, without which L&C would have been in a bad way. L&C acknowledge this, I would not go so far to say as the book does that Sacajawea single-handedly saved the expedition, such dangers happening routinely to the party. The book like others in the series is a valuable supplement to the "Who Was" series, and will bridge interest in the icon herself to the history of Native Americans generally. (Spoiler alert: it won't be pretty).

Canada on Jul 22, 2019

Dr H: We are trying to get my 10 year old niece to spend more time reading and less time playing video games, so when she told me that she needed to read a biography for a fifth-grade book report, I went looking for something that would catch and hold her interest. This book did it.

She has been interested in Native culture, and the fact that the book is about a "famous girl" (her words), immediately got her hooked. Her teacher confirmed that the topic and reading level were appropriate, and away she went, reading most of the book in one sitting. Then she went and found pictures and created a visual presentation for her book report. Awesome.

As the editorial reviews point out, nearly all that is known about Sacagawea comes from the journals of Lewis and Clark, and is therefore necessarily biased. Still, the author manages to give sensitive treatment to the story of this rather extraordinary young woman, who lived a hard life, and played a significant role in the establishment of this country.

This looks to be a great series for kids, and we will be getting more of these books.

United States on Jun 14, 2019

Nana: I had this litte book in my sixth grade classroom library, but never picked it up. I liked this book because it featured information about sacagawea that I did not know. For example, I learned that she was captured and made a slave by her captors around 11 years of age. Her husband who bought her freedom was almost three times her age, and she was a brave and valuable member of the Core of Discovery. Sacagawea was a courageous role model for her people. Her short life was hard.

United States on Mar 16, 2019

another: i bought it as a 2016 xmas present for 10 year old daughter of a friend, and i actually enjoyed reading it before giving it to her, so i was interested to see what the 10 year old daughter thought of the book at the next (2017) xmas. well of course the 10 year old never read it and could not find where the book was at the 2017 xmas, but her 17 year old sister made the claim that sacagawea was forced at gunpoint to help lewis & clark. i asked the 17 year old where she got this "gunpoint" information and she did not seem to have an answer except to imply that everybody knows that white man (lewis & clark) took advantage of all indians at gunpoint; therefore, sacagewea was treated the same.

United States on Dec 26, 2017

Candace K: I love this series! They are great, easy-to-read, fact based biographies that my children have grown up with. Sacagawea was our first book because of my daughter's obsession and from there we moved to other strong historical women, such as Helen Keller and Amelia Earhart. Then we would find subjects to correspond with whatever my kids were studying at school. Really, really recommend this series!!!

Germany on Nov 16, 2016