A Lion to Guard Us - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395551676 ISBN 13: 9780395551677

Synopsis

‘A favorite author uses an actual incident from 1609 to base a story of three impoverished children left alone in London who make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. . . . Fine engrossing historical fiction.’ —TE.

Notable 1981 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)

About this title

Review:

"An exciting tale. Top-notch writing.""-- The New Yorker"

From the Back Cover:

Amanda Freebold doesn't know what to do. Her father left three years ago for the new colony of Jamestown, in America, thousands of miles away. All Amanda has to remember him by is a little brass lion's head he gave his family to guard them while he is gone. Now her mother has just died, leaving Amanda to take care of her younger brother and sister.

As head of the family, Amanda finally decides to take her brother and sister to America to find Father. The ocean crossing is long and hard, and the children don't know whom to trust. But with the lion's head to guard them, Amanda Knows that somehow everything will work out fine.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0395551676
• ISBN 13: 9780395551677
• Binding: Paperback