Description: Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
Review Quotes: Awards and Honors for Blood on the River:
- International Reading Association Teacher's Choices for 2007- Winner of the Virginia Library Association's 2007 Jefferson Cup Award
- Virginia Reader's Choice Middle School list 2007 - 2008
- School Library Journal Best Books of 2006
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of the Season, Fall 2006
- 2007 ALA Best Book for Young Adults discussion list
- Junior Library Guild selection
- Scholastic Book Club Literature Circle edition
- *Starred Review Kirkus
- *Starred Review School Library Journal
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award (Illinois) Nominee 2009
- Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Nominee 2009
- Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2008
- Georgia Peach Children's Book Award Nominee 2008-09
- Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee 2009
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List 2008
- Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee 2008-09
- South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee 2008-09
- South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award Nominee 2008-09
- Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Nominee 2008-09
- Capitol Choices Award nominee
- Beacon of Freedom Award nominee