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Victory
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Table of Contents
About The Book
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 who’s been transplanted to the United States by her stepfather’s job and is fighting her own battle against loss and loneliness.
Two different lives, two centuries apart, are linked by a tiny scrap of fraying cloth that’s 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 both to secrets from the past and hope for the future.
Product Details
- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (August 27, 2013)
- Length: 224 pages
- ISBN13: 9781442480797
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 10 - 14
- Lexile ® 1010L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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Raves and Reviews
"[A] compelling, tautly rigged tale."
– Kirkus Reviews, starred
"A vivid historical tale within the framework of a compelling modern story."
– Booklist, starred review
"[A] riveting independent read."
– Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Cooper’s deep, organic interweaving of themes of memory and heritage, dream and bereavement, and her persistent imagery of the sea and sailing make this a powerful, demanding novel…It rewards rereading and reminds us that in historical fiction, ordinary words, intently arranged and deliberately paced, can offer an intense vision and emotional transport that constitute a voyage of their own."
– The Horn Book
“Cooper, a Newbery medalist, has interwoven history and fantasy before…but nowhere, I think, has she done it more hauntingly or gracefully than in this loving tribute to Nelson....”
– The Washington Post
Awards and Honors
- Booklist Editors' Choice
- South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
- Keystone to Reading Book Award Reading List (PA)
- Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominee
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
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- Book Cover Image (jpg): Victory Hardcover 9781442480797(4.9 MB)
- Author Photo (jpg): Susan Cooper Photograph © Tsar Fedorsky Photography 2013(0.1 MB)
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