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Summary: A terrific "Dear America" book!
Review: "The Great Railroad Race" was another terrific "Dear America" novel, in an 1868 diary form about 14 year-old Libby West . Libby's father, a newspaper reporter, decides to travel west with the growing Union Pacific Railroad, for the chance to publish his own newspaper. Libby's mother refuses to stay behind in Denver, however, so the whole family goes along. The story of Libby's time out west was very descriptive and interesting to read, with her making new friends, falling in love with her father's assistant, and helping her family. It was also pretty humorous at times! :) I'd definitely recommend this book for ages 11 and up, to anyone who likes history, romance, adventure, or just a great read! Be sure to also read the "Dear America" books "Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" and "West to a Land of Plenty", and also the "My Name is America" book "The Journal of Sean Sullivan".
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Summary: Great Railroad Race Review
Review: "The Great Railroad Race" was another terrific "Dear America" novel, in an 1868 diary form about 14 year-old Libby West . Libby's father, a newspaper reporter, decides to travel west with the growing Union Pacific Railroad, for the chance to publish his own newspaper. Libby's mother refuses to stay behind in Denver, however, so the whole family goes along. The story of Libby's time out west was very descriptive and interesting to read, with her making new friends, falling in love with her father's assistant, and helping her family. It was also pretty humorous at times! :) I'd definitely recommend this book for ages 11 and up, to anyone who likes history, romance, adventure, or just a great read! Be sure to also read the "Dear America" books "Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" and "West to a Land of Plenty", and also the "My Name is America" book "The Journal of Sean Sullivan".
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Summary: It has been a while since i read it.
Review: I have not read this in a long while, but I still remember it and that's what counts in a book. Her father takes them away from their home to follow the progress of the building of the transcontinental railroad. Full of adventure.
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Summary: Couldn't wait to read what happened next!
Review: I loved this book. It's my favorite book in the Dear America series. When i saw the title "The great DIARY of Libby West" i knew that it was going to be a good book, cause i like reading diary's. Most of this book was pretty enjoyable. I had an interesting information about the railroad race and life in America at that time. However, it was not as heartwarming as the other books in the series. The main reason i took one star of it was because it had a lot of discription all of that discription wasn't needed. But it captivated and interested me. The book was, however, sucessful with it's romance. My favorite thing about it was the way Libby steadily fell in love with Pete, her fathers assistant. In the end, i'd say the book was not all that accurate but had some good qualities. And finaly i would like to add that this book had and outstanding plot.I would advice you to go ahead and read it to find all the amazing things about what i said .
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Summary: Couldn't wait to read what happened next!
Review: I loved this book. It's my favorite book in the Dear America series. When i saw the title "The great DIARY of Libby West" i knew that it was going to be a good book, cause i like reading diary's. Most of this book was pretty enjoyable. I had an interesting information about the railroad race and life in America at that time. However, it was not as heartwarming as the other books in the series. The main reason i took one star of it was because it had a lot of discription all of that discription wasn't needed. But it captivated and interested me. The book was, however, sucessful with it's romance. My favorite thing about it was the way Libby steadily fell in love with Pete, her fathers assistant. In the end, i'd say the book was not all that accurate but had some good qualities. And finaly i would like to add that this book had and outstanding plot.I would advice you to go ahead and read it to find all the amazing things about what i said .
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS GREAT!
Review: I'm 12 years old. This book is great. When looking for a book don't just read the back cover! THis book is great. I amdit I thought railroads and stuff was boring. But it was great! Buy, borrow, whatever this book rocks!
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Summary: This series sucks
Review: In the beginning of the book they are at home. About 1 week later they leave their house. The people leaving from this household are Libby, her brother Joe, her mother, her father, and her dad's friend Pete. Libby thought Pete was her Fathers age. She found out he was turning 19 pretty soon. She just started liking Pete when she found out his age. She wanted to hold him in her arms. Their father is a newspaper reporter. He has to report on the railroad race. People get paid a lot of money to work on the railroad. The railroad goes across the U.S. People in California and the people in Wyoming will meet. Who ever had the most track is the winner. When they got Wyoming where the railroad race started her little brother Joe was very bad. Joe would not listen to anything. He got in trouble about every day. His parents decided to give him a job. His job was to carry water out to the workers. They needed water every hour.
Libby had met a girl where she was. The girl was rich but friendly. Libby liked her. The two girls' parents became friends. The girl that Libby met was from the same school as Libby and she had seen her before. The girl Libby met lives in a mansion.
The two girls were not allowed to enter the town right next to where they were. They wanted to no why but their parents wouldn't tell them. They decided to figure it out themselves. That both girls sneaked out of their houses and walked over to the town. They heard noises but it was to dark to see anything. So they went a little closer and all of a sudden they were grabbed by two guys and drug into a room where there was loud music and many people singing and dancing. Libby was taken in a back room by the guy that grabbed her. Both of the girls were scared. A little while later they got away and took off running. Then Libby's dad heard them scream. He came running. He promised he wouldn't tell their mothers. They went home.
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Summary: This series sucks
Review: The Dear America series is possibly the worst ever. I mean, they aren't even written by the same author. This is because none of the authors are good enough to write their own series. There is absolutely nothing to recommend this book except maybe a history lesson worse than anything you could find in a textbook. At least some others in the series had some SLIGHTLY interesting characters, but not this one. Where do they get this stuff? The Dear America Author's Book of Characters, Situations, Historical Settings, ect.? I mean, really: the building of the transcontinental railroad. BOOOOORING! Take my advice: only read this book or any others in the series if you are abslolutly STARVING for something to read. Maybe then you could borrow it from the library to read in a day or two. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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