Jake Carpenter was a young man, about ten years old, who decided to embark on an adventure with his Uncle Will. The diary includes many descriptions of day-to-day pirate life. The diary is easy to read and would keep students interested. Students will be interested also to hear what life at sea was like for a child close to their age. It was interesting to me that Jake made what seemed to be a small mistake–losing a bucket overboard–and Uncle Will took his flogging for him. Not only was Will flogged, he was also sent overboard on a small boat, never to be seen again. This book’s approach to providing piratical information was intriguing, yet informational. I plan to use Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter in my future classroom.
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
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Chrisi, I also thought that students would enjoy this book because the main character was ten years old and it gave his perspective of the life of a pirate.