Virginia Bound - Rilegato

Butter, Amy; Butler, Amy; Greenfield, Amy Butler

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0618247521 ISBN 13: 9780618247523

Casa editrice: Clarion Books, 2003

Riassunto

Kidnapped from the streets of London and sent to the new Jamestown colony in Virginia, Rob Brackett, forced to serve a brutal tobacco farmer and taught not to trust the Indians, finds an unlikely ally in an Indian girl named Mattoume--a powerful friendship that helps him to survive the New World.

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Recensione:

"...lively prose and brisk pace...excellent first effort sure to appeal to...anyone who enjoys a well-told tale." KIRKUS REVIEWS Kirkus Reviews

"...vivid details...the well-realized seventeeth-century setting becomes an integral part of the novel, rather than a mere backdrop." BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA

"Butler authentically presents the white settlers' racism toward the Native Americans...a mix of good and evil characters" SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL School Library Journal

L'autore:

"Amy Butler writes historical fiction from her home near Boston, and has also contributed award-winning nonfiction to a variety of magazines. Virginia Bound, her first novel, was called "excellent" by Kirkus Reviews."

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarion Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0618247521
• ISBN 13: 9780618247523
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 188