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Thanksgiving on Thursday (2002)

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ISBN
0375806156 (ISBN13: 9780375806155)
Language
English
Publisher
random house books for young readers

Thanksgiving On Thursday (2002) - Plot & Excerpts

The book I read today was number 27. "Thanks Giving On Thursday". It was a very good book. It was about a brother and sister named Jack and Annie. In this book Jack and Annie went where the pilgrims lived. Morgan gave them a mission to go to Plymouth so they can be thankful for what they have. Anyway, book number 27 is when Jack and Annie go to Plymouth to see how the pilgrims lived. When they first arrived they saw pilgrims and Native Americans. They saw Squanto,the governor, and other people. They saw a woman and a little girl. The women asked Jack and Annie who and where they came from. They said they went on the Mayflower , but the women never saw them, and Annie refused to say that they were just babies. The women asked Squanto if he have ever seen two children named Jack and Annie and Squanto said yes but they were not telling the truth.Annie told the women that they know how to hunt for fish and the women said, "good". "You can hunt for the eels, oysters, and fish for the Thanks Giving dinner". Jack and Annie didn't know how to hunt fish, eels, and oysters, so Jack just looked up inside the book. It said, Native Americans stomped their feet to catch the eels. Then the book told them about oysters. Annie and Jack started stomping then Jack felt something squishy he picked it up and saw a slimy eel. Jack and Annie fell in the cold water then the nice women named Priscilla asked them if they would like to come inside her house hold so they can warm up and they both nodded their heads.She let Jack and Annie's clothes dry while they helped Priscilla make the Thanks Giving dinner. Finally it was Thanks Giving. Annie and Jack help set the table, then Priscilla told Jack to get the turkey. As he got it he dropped it in the flames. Jack poured water on it but that didn't help. The turkey was ruined.Priscilla came inside and saw the turkey. She wasn't mad because lots of pilgrims made meat and other fesents. Jack wasn't scared any more. Jack, Annie, and the other pilgrims ate and ate until their bellies were full. And that was the book I read today

This story is about a girl and boy named jack and Annie going on an adventure to see pilgrims . It was the morning when Annie told Jack to go to the magic tree house. then, when they where going downstairs, their mother and father told them to come back at 9:00 so they can go to their grandmothers house. they said okay and went to frog creek woods. Jack and Annie went into the magic tree house. They looked on a shelf and found a note next to a book. The note said to go to the pilgrims to learn about thanks giving. So, Annie and Jack wished to go where the pilgrims where. The tree house spun and spun until it stopped. Jack and Annie looked like pilgrims because they where dressed in black and white. Jack was also wearing a pilgrim hat. Jack and Annie found pilgrims and Indians that taught them how to fish, cook fish, and catch turkey. The Indians and pilgrims cooked the turkey, fish, corn, and other food. The Indians, pilgrims, and the two siblings ate a little food. Before Jack and Annie left, the Indians gave Them magic seeds. They both went into the tree house, left, then went to their grandmothers house. They both had a fun thanksgiving and couldn't wait until their next adventure. THE END

What do You think about Thanksgiving On Thursday (2002)?

Before leaving for their Grandmother's for the Thanksgiving holiday, Jack and Annie make a quick visit to the magic tree house and find a message from Camelot librarian Morgan le Fay; she has given the children a third "special magic" assignment: "To find a special magic, When work and toil are done, Gather all together, Turn three worlds into one."With a stroke of magic, Jack and Annie are catapulted to Plymouth Colony; it is now 1621. They are about to take part in the first Thanksgiving. They are assigned such exotic chores as feet-fishing for eels and fowling for water birds; they are quite maladroit at these duties; they realize that Pilgrim children work hard! Captain Standish, Governor Bradford and Squanto are three prominent historical figures that Jack and Annie meet. The children are amazed by the contributions of the Wampanoag Americans to the Pilgrim's success in the new world. Thanksgiving on Thursday is an interesting, informational adventure to Plymouth Colony; this novel is #27 in the Magic Tree House series.
—Sharon

This book I too only read in full for the first time this year. I find it funny, but at the same time don't really care. I have missed a lot of Magic Tree House from my time growing up to myself now. Things have changed, events have happened, and my life had shifted away from Magic Tree House, but I'm back now and happy to be reading it again. I have missed it.This adventure to the first Thanksgiving was a pretty neat idea and a fun way to meet the pilgrims and offer their assistance in the preparation of the feast that is celebrated every November (October for us Canadians)I really liked the way the story rolled out and the way Jack and Annie interacted with famous figures and became one with the place they were. I think the only thing that bothered me was that the pilgrims still spoke in old English with thou and thee. I found it funny that when Jack or Annie used a term from modern day, the pilgrims were confused but found it amusing. Way to introduce 20th century terms to the pilgrims of yester-year.
—Simon

I loved this book. Annie and Jack went back to the time of the Pilgrims and learned that there are many things to be grateful for. The children then used to work really hard, just as hard as adults and without complaint. They lost loved ones to disease and starvation, yet they gave thanks for what they did have and did everything they could to help their community. Jack and Annie ended up feeling useless because they couldn't do any of the work at all. I also learned that the Native American that helped them was once kidnapped as a slave and returned to find his whole village dead. It is amazing that he then turned around and helped those foreigners in need. In this story he even covered for Annie and Jack, stating that he knew what it felt like to be afraid and in a strange place. Jack and Annie promised to be more considerate of others. It's a lesson we should all apply. We shouldn't make fun of foreigners and make life harder for them. We should help them. I myself have traveled and can say that I enjoyed countries with friendly and helpful people and really found that in countries where that was not the case....if felt hard, and frustrating. This story was really well written.I also like the fact that Osborne mentioned how 'Thanksgiving' really started and that the traditional "1st Thanksgiving" we think of wasn't a holiday at all or a "thanksgiving" but a harvest festival. I learned something new. If one does research, one would find that many holidays we celebrate originally were created to celebrate something else haha
—Rubi

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