Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown. On My Own History

Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown. On My Own History
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Release: 2006
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In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America. Arriving as an assistant to the solider John Smith, Sam was excited to discover what adventures lay before him in the new land soon to be known as Virginia. But the months ahead would soon prove to be a harsh test. Facing sickness and starvation and sudden attack, Sam had to use all his wits if he were to survive. Could Sam and his fellow settlers trust Virginia's Indians to help them? Could they learn to survive in this strange new land?

Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown

Sam Collier and the Founding of Jamestown
Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0822565188

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In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America. Arriving as an assistant to the solider John Smith, Sam was excited to discover what adventures lay before him in the new land soon to be known as Virginia. But the months ahead would soon prove to be a harsh test. Facing sickness and starvation and sudden attack, Sam had to use all his wits if he were to survive. Could Sam and his fellow settlers trust Virginia’s Indians to help them? Could they learn to survive in this strange new land?

Blood on the River

Blood on the River
Author: Elisa Carbone
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780142409329

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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.

Surviving Jamestown

Surviving Jamestown
Author: Gail Langer Karwoski
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1561457558

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A stirring story of survival set against the backdrop of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World. In 1607, a year after the Virginia Company was granted a charter to establish a settlement in North America, 104 men set sail on a voyage to a new land. Among the brave adventurers who make the journey is a young boy named Samuel Collier, the page of Captain John Smith. Disease, famine, and continuing attacks by neighboring Algonquin Native Americans take a tremendous toll on the settlers. Samuel is one of the few to survive the harsh realities of the New World during the first few years of Jamestown. Based on the author's careful research of the era, this fictional account portrays the struggles and successes of our country's earliest settlers. Young readers will enjoy this story of courage and survival while learning about this important period in the history of the United States.

Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express

Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
Author: Marlene Targ Brill
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1575057735

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Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he’d been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for new challenges, and when a Pony Express horse shows up riderless, Charlie gets his big chance. The next station is fifty miles away, and Charlie will have to ride through rocky mountains in the blinding rain to safely deliver the mail. With the threat of hostile Indians, wild animals, and the dangers of riding at night, will Charlie find the courage to face his fears and prove that you’re never too young to be brave?

Surviving Jamestown

Surviving Jamestown
Author: Gail Karwoski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2001
Genre: Jamestown (Va.)
ISBN: 9780329279875

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Sam Collier, a twelve-year-old, serves as page to John Smith during the relentless hardship experienced by the founders at the first permanent English settlement in the New World.

Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad

Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
Author: Marlene Targ Brill
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761358382

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Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a runaway slave. Is Allen brave enough? This exciting true story takes you along as Allen meets Henry James, an African American man struggling to find freedom.

Many Ways to Be a Soldier

Many Ways to Be a Soldier
Author: Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0822590212

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Based on true accounts of the Revolutionary War, this story chronicles ten-year-old Rem Goldin's heroic actions in helping to repel the landing of British soldiers at Stites Point, New Jersey, in 1776.

Buttons for General Washington

Buttons for General Washington
Author: Connie Roop
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 082258929X

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Fourteen-year-old John Darragh was a spy. But British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777 was not a safe place for an American spy. If he were captured, John knew he would be hanged. In this suspenseful story based on accounts of the Darragh family's spying activities for General Washington, young John undertakes a dangerous mission to deliver a message to the American army.

The Day of the Black Blizzard

The Day of the Black Blizzard
Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512411523

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Ory Jenkins and his sister become stranded in the Black Sunday dust storm of April 14, 1935, and must find a way to survive.