Sam must leave life as he knows it in Kings’ Lynn England to sail
with his father to an exciting new life in Jamestown America. He soon
realizes that there is a fine line between excitement and peril as they
face starvation, drowning, and the wrath of desperate shipmates. Just when
all seems lost his lucky sovereign saves the day.
This is an edge-of-your-seat adventure story for children accustomed to
the conventional, glamorous accounts of the first settlers. Readers will
get a realistic feel for the dangers of the journey and gain a real sense
of how brave these first settlers really were.
Lees’ intensely soft drawings propel the reader directly on board the
old wooden ship. Young readers will hear the creaking of timbers and feel
the stinging spray of salt water as it pounds over the side of the boat
condemning a few sailors to a watery grave. The emotions of each character
are so vividly detailed, the pictures alone could tell the story. . . but
then we would miss out on the historical details of such a perilous,
important journey.
A writer knows: if you are going to write anything, be sure to say something
. . . this book says something.
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