Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607,
by Elisa Lynn Carbone
Join 12 year old Samuel Collier, an orphan who has been selected to be a page to Captain John Smith for the new settlement of Jamestown. Told from Samuel's perspective, readers experience the life of the settlers, their relationships with the Native Americans, and the cruel winters of starvation that threaten to destroy the settlement. Grades 4 and up.
-Deirdre
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