So Far From Home is Mary Driscoll's diary, a 14 year old Irish girl who is traveling to America in 1847. Mary goes through many interesting situations and decisions.

I liked So Far From Home for many reasons. This book is a nice, relaxed read. Mary makes many choices, but they're is not much action. The story is still very interesting.

I also thought the book's appearance was very unique and appealing. It was made to look like someone's diary. There was a red ribbon in the book, to look like someone was keeping their place. The pages were uneven and had a certain look to them. It looked like the paper had just been stuck in so you could write on it. How the book looked made me enjoy reading it even more!

I like that this book was historically accurate. It made it much more interesting to read, because I knew that all of this might have happened to some people.

I was glad that the Denenburg only spent about the first 10 pages describing the trip to America. I liked that because most author's use most of the book describing the trip there. It gets boring after a while. Denenberg wasn't like that.

So Far From Home was a relaxing, fun, and very interesting book to read. I recommend it to all readers that enjoy this type of book.