Blood On the River

    Blood On the River, a historical fiction by Elisa Carbone, describes one boy's story of the conflict in the new world. To begin, Samuel, the main character, is a thief in London and is chosen to go to the new world by the Virginia company. As he sails across the ocean he gets deathly sick alongside his counterparts because of the conditions on the tween deck.  Once they arrive they set up camp and after a few days, they are attacked by Indians. Samuel's friend tried to make it to the boats to fire the cannon while Samuel hid behind a mattress. over time they fortified their base and his friend Captain John Smith became president. Finally, Captain Smith leaves, alongside Captain Newport leaving the crew in Jamestown with little food and without leadership.

    Blood On the River is a great book. it teaches about history and coming to the "new world", it also explains times of hardship like when friends of Samuel died and when little food was to spare. and it showed that people of different races and religions can live together. I say these things because the world sometimes has no idea how hard it is to move somewhere new. but also a big problem is racism and religious hatred that has caused a war. Blood On the River was a great book.