Victory

Victory toggles between Molly, a 21st Century girl, and Sam, a boy who was "pressed into service" in the British Navy in 1803 at age eleven. Molly, who was born in England, lives in the United States with her American stepfather, her mother and baby stepbrother. She is homesick for England, and posses an antique book about Lord Nelson, captain of the ship Victory. Sam was a sailor on the Victory when Lord Nelson was killed in the famous battle of Trafalgar. He was swept from his family and lived on board ship, observing all the goings on at sea and in battle. Discover the connection between Sam and Molly. A great read for both boys and girls.

LIVING CENTURIES APART, BUT JOINED IN AN EPIC BATTLE.

Sam Robbins is a farm boy, kidnapped to serve on HMS Victory, the ship on which Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Molly Jennings is a twenty-first-century English girl transplanted to the United States by her stepfather's job, who's fighting her own battle against loss and loneliness.

Two lives that couldn't be more different, two hundred years apart, are linked by a tiny scrap of fraying cloth, tucked into an old book. It draws Molly into Sam's world, to a moment in time that changed history -- a frightening shared moment that holds the key to secrets from the past and hope for the future.

"A vivid historical tale within the framework of a compelling modern story." - Booklist, starred review

"[A] compelling, tautly rigged tale." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Susan Cooper, one of today's most distinguished children's book writers, won a Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor for books in her fantasy sequence, The Dark is Rising. She is also the author of King of Shadows, a Boston Globe -- Horn Book Honor Book, and Green Boy, which was called "an intriguing and truly lovely book" by the New York Times Book Review. She lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, and her Web site is at www.thelostland.com.

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Distributor: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 12-04-2007
Pages: 224
Measurements: 7.62in X 5.12in X 5.39oz