My American Adventure

By Amy Burritt

Book Overview

Never before has anyone set out on a journey across America to see all fifty states, with a goal to interview all fifty governors, and do it in fifty weeks. That's exactly what Amy Burritt did. And... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310227941
• ISBN13: 9780310227946
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Amazing

Amy is my cousin and I must say her book is great. She is very creative and humorous, and her writing proves this. Amy is very talented.

Excellent book--great stories, great insights!

Our whole family thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was written by a 13-year-old, which gave it interesting insights, yet was extremely well written. We read it aloud during a recent 1,000 mile trip and were inspired by Amy's courage and dedication. The ending was truly inspirational. It's a great book to give to any teenager (my 13-year-old daughter did most of the reading) to inspire them to have goals and reach out to achieve them. Highly recommended!

This book is wonderful--a must-read!!!

I got this book for Christmas last year, and I have to say that I enjoyed it immensely!! Amy tell story after [interresting, funny, heartwarming] story, and the spririt of adventure in this books inspires the readers to "reach really high" themselves!! After reading of Amy's accomplishment, I too wanted to get out and DO something!!

Persistent geographer, lucky kid!

This is a nice book for teens and adults about a year-long tour around the fifty states by a pre-teen in an RV with her folks and younger brother. Amy's tour teaches her about geography, the confort of home, the jealousy and withdrawal of friends, and the value of persistence when governors of the fifty states cannot meet with her. I will not tell how she finally gets the last five governors to sign her sweatshirt mementoes of the trip, but her determination and luck pays off. I am a church librarian and bought this book because it has many lessons and is just plain fun reading for our teens. I hope I can get them to read it--they need a lot of pushing to read any kind of material. The fact that Amy mentions her religion throughout the book helped make the sale for me. I am always lookiing for books that have a religious backfround without hitting you over the head with it. This book fits the bill. Thanks, Amy, for an outstanding book.

My American Adventure

Wow! This book will grip you from the onset. Amy tells of her adventure of travelling the U.S. with her family to interview all 50 governors. This kids got guts as she is flung before a C.N.N. camera and digs with all she's got to accomplish her wild goal. You will find yourself cheering out loud as she gets one step closer to her goal. Have tissues handy too as Amy draws you into her tender emotions of 12. This should be read by all teachers to their class. It will inspire young and old to go for it. A wonderful testament to all dreamers. Get it families to read together. We did and we still are talking about Amy Burritt .