This is a great book about a small boy who will face sickness, starvation, indians, and many other adventures. On his way to help found the colony of Jamestown, young Samuel Collier is apprenticed to Captain John Smith after a fight with another boy in the orphanage. Though at first Samuel sees it as a bad thing, this apprenticeship will turn out to be the very thing that keeps him alive. When Indians are attacking, when the colonists are being abandoned, through starvation and pain, Captain John Smith will help him. Samuel will learn what it is like to be dependent on others, something he never learned in England. He will make friends, lose friends, and even live with his enemies. During his life in the new world he will come face to face will death and sickness, as well as happiness and feasting.

I loved this book because it had so much adventure and excitement, easily balanced by sadness and even death. It’s a great read for anyone with a great imagination and an urge for learning as well. Many of the occurrences in this book actually happened, save some of the details. I read this book by my choice, and I am very glad I did. This is the kind of book you will want to read again and again. Between the action, the great story, and the thrills of the colonists lives, you will be stuck on this book.

KarateKid