Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 Contributor(s): Carbone, Elisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142409324 ISBN-13: 9780142409329 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: When 12-year-old Samuel Collier boards a ship bound for the New World, he can't believe his good fortune. Collier learns he can be whomever he wants in the New World settlement of Jamestown. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 820 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 106127 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can't believe his good fortune. He's heard that gold washes ashore with every tide. But beginning with the stormy journey and his first contact with the native people, he realizes that the New World is nothing like he imagined. The lush Virginia shore where they establish the colony of James Town is both beautiful and forbidding, and it's hard to know who's a friend or foe. As he learns the language of the Algonquian Indians and observes Captain Smith's wise diplomacy, Samuel begins to see that he can be whomever he wants to be in this new land. |