| Specifications | 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 208 pages |
| Interest/Age Group | Grades 5+ |
| List Price | | US$ 15.95 |  | |  |
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About
the Book
Fifteen-year-old Christopher West narrates this
tale of colonists who braved the Atlantic to become the first to arrive in the
New World of Carolina. The others who welcome them—Sewee
Indians—fascinate Christopher. He makes fast friends with Asha-po, a young
Indian boy his own age. Asha-po teaches Christopher to hunt, and Christopher
teaches Asha-po to play chess. But before long, tension develops between the
tribe and the colonists, with Christopher and Asha-po stuck in the middle. This
action-packed adventure is based on records from an actual colony and is filled
with enough marauding Spaniards, warring Indian tribes, and family conflict to
appeal to even the most reluctant readers.
KATHLEEN KARR is well-known
for her meticulously researched historical fiction. She has also written
The 7th Knot
and
Exiled: Memoirs of a
Camel.
She lives in Washington, D.C.
