Blood on the River

Introductory Resources:

Blood on the River Pre-reading Video 

Book Summary: 

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.