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Blood
on the River by Elisa Carbone
Viking, May 2006 |
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Blood
on the River: James Town 1607
ISBN
0-670-06060-7
Awards and Honors for Blood
on the River:
- International Reading Association Teacher's Choices for 2007
- Winner of the Virginia Library Association's 2007 Jefferson Cup Award
- Virginia Reader's Choice Middle School list 2007 - 2008
- School Library Journal Best Books of 2006
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of the Season, Fall 2006
- 2007 Best Book for Young Adults discussion list
- Junior Library Guild selection
- Scholastic Book Club Literature Circle edition
- *Starred Review Kirkus
- *Starred Review School Library Journal
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Nominee
2009
- Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Nominee 2009
- Rhode Island Children’s Book Award Nominee 2008
- Grand Canyon Reader
Award Nominee 2009
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List 2008
- Capitol Choices Award nominee
- Beacon of Freedom Award nominee
Buy
the Book
Study
Guide - for teachers and discussion leaders
Four
hundred years ago, a boy arrived in America . . .
Samuel Collier came from nothing.
A street urchin, an orphan, and even a thief, he seems headed for a life in the
alleys of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards
the ship 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 had ever imagined.
The lush Virginia shore where
they settle is both beautiful and forbidding, and it's hard to know who is
friend or foe.
Based on the true story of the settlement of Jamestown, Blood on the River brings
to life a significant time in American history.
Releated Links
Order Fairfax Network's 30 minute educational television
program on Blood on the River: http://www.fcps.edu/fairfaxnetwork/mta/carbone.htm
Reviews and Praise
"The best book on
Jamestown for young readers, complete with a compelling story and characters
you care deeply about. Jamestown will no longer merely be a topic to be studied;
it will be experienced in the pages of this book and remain with the reader forever."
-Joan Kindig, Asst. Professor
of Reading and Children's Literature, University of Virginia
"Good use is made
of eyewitness accounts in a telling that far transcends the usual dry textbook
summaries of the period. While learning much history, readers will find characters
real enough to care about. Lively historical fiction at its best." ~
Kirkus, STARRED review
"Skillfully blending
historical figures like Pocahontas, writings from Smith and others, tremendous
research, and vivid storytelling, this is an outstanding read . . . As entertaining
as it is educational, peopled with compelling characters and exciting plot twists,
this book belongs on every shelf." ~ Children's Literature
"Gripping historical
fiction . . . a strong, visceral story of the hardship and peril settlers faced
as well as the brutal realities of colonial conquest." ~ Booklist
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