Read the three clues in each group and decide which of the young adventurers from the MY NAME IS AMERICA series is being described. Hint: You can find the answers in the book reviews on Kidsreads.com.

1. WHO AM I?

• At fourteen I joined two explorers on an adventure.
• We started in Missouri and traveled clear to the Pacific Ocean.
• We mapped mountains, prairies, and places where no one had been before.

2. WHO AM I?

• I was an American boy who loved to play baseball.
• I wrote letters from prison to my best friend in San Francisco.
• I was angry because I was a loyal American but had "the face of the enemy."

3. WHO AM I?

• At sixteen I became a soldier in the war between the states.
• My commander asked me to keep a journal of our movements.
• Many of my friends and fellow soldiers died in battle.

4. WHO AM I?

• In the mid 1800s, I was a hard-working ranch hand.
• Our job was to herd cattle from Texas ranches to the market in Abilene, Kansas.
• I had to cope with long days, stampeding cattle, and prejudice against African-Americans.

5. WHO AM I?

• My father and I traveled west to help build iron rails from the midwest to California.
• The work was dangerous but I was proud to help unite our country.
• I spent my time off reading my favorite authors, Jules Verne and Mark Twain.

6. WHO AM I?

• When I was twelve, my hometown became enraged by the acts of the English king.
• My friend, Mr. Wilson, was one of the people who secretly fought against the English.
• I became a spy for the rebels, also called patriots, in the war between the colonies and England.

7. WHO AM I?

• My original home was in the lands that became Georgia and Tennesee.
• The United States government said our land belonged to them and we must move.
• My tribe was forced on a brutal journey to Oklahoma and many died along the way.

8. WHO AM I?

• My family left Finland to settle in Minnesota.
• My father and I worked in the mines digging ore.
• My father and I spoke out against the labor conditions.

9. WHO AM I?

• I started as a bat boy but I had always wanted to be a ballplayer.
• Our baseball teams weren't very well known, but we had great players.
• Someday I hope to be like my hero, Jackie Robinson.

10. WHO AM I?

• At fifteen I joined a wagon train headed for California.
• Our wagons followed the wrong trails and became trapped in the mountain snow.
• People were starving and some resorted to cannibalism.