A Lion to Guard Us
SKU: 3858
By Clyde Robert Bulla, Illustrated by Michele Chessare
Featuring a heroine with faith, courage, and a great deal of grit, this acclaimed historical fiction novel portrays the realities faced by three children hoping to find a new home in an unknown land.
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. But now that her mother has died, Amanda is left to take care of her younger brother and sister all alone back in England.
As the new 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 her father's little brass lion's head to guard them, Amanda knows that somehow everything will work out.
ISBN: 9780064403337
Imprint: HarperCollins
Pages: 128 pages
Age: 8 to 12
BISAC1: JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
BISAC2: JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Orphans & Foster Homes
BISAC3: JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness
BISAC4: JUVENILE FICTION: Transportation / Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft
BISAC5: JUVENILE FICTION: Places / United States
