num_pages: 256
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 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 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 Algonquin 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.
language: English
title: Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
titlecomplete: Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
characters: John Smith, explorer
genres: Middle Grade, Read For School, Historical, Historical Fiction, Childrens, School, Juvenile, Young Adult, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 6166
series: James Town
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers