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Summary: Good to the last minute.
Review: I didn't really want to read this book, but when I did, I enjoyed the fast paced action and the historical setting. I also liked that it was written in the first person. I am a teacher and I plan to read the book with my students.
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Summary: A great book to read
Review: I liked Jump Ship to Feedom because it had a lot of adventures. I liked the part when he goes to escape to get his dad's money back. He jumps from the boat but a hand grabs his shirt and he falls. He knew he was safe because no one could swim on the ship. I recomend this book for anyone who likes adventure and a litle action. I also like the writers because they write good stories.
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Summary: Ok Book
Review: I read this book for a language arts project in school. It was alright but it wasn't the best book I've ever read. The book was about a boy named Daniel whose father fought in the Revolutionary War and was granted soldiers notes which could be exchanged for cash and buy his family's freedom from slavery. But Daniel's father died and left the notes with Daniel and his mom. The book was about Daniel trying to get these notes to Congress and exchange these for money. I recommend this book to anyone interested in slavery or the Revolutionary War,
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Summary: JUMP SHIP-GREAT BOOK
Review: I think that this book is great for all ages. My fifth grade class read this book together and it inspired many conversations. This book was a fun and interesting way to learn about what was happening during the revolution. This is just one of the books in this trilogy. The detail in this book was amazing! I found this book a great pleasure and I don't think any minute reading this was a waste of time!
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Summary: Jump Ship to Freedom!
Review: I thought that the book was dry, boreing, and had too much detail to it. It had a lot of un needed dilog to. I would rate this book at best a 2 out of 10. Not a great book to read!
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Summary: Great
Review: In the begining I had to read it for class and thought it was going to be boring but once I read it I was tied in the book and wanted to keep reading. It is very interesting and you can learn alot from it.
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Summary: My words, my opinion
Review: Jump Ship to Freedom by James and Christopher Collier. It is about a 14 year old boy named Daniel Arabus. He is an African American slave from Connecticut that has just found out that he and his mother are being sold to the West Indies by Captain Ivers their owner. he is a really grumpy and bad man. Daniel finds out that he has some soldier's notes that can free him and his mother from SLAVERY for forever. Along the way, he travels with a Quaker. And he Really needs a doctor. He stops at a tavern (when he escapes) when he sees that Captain Ivers is looking for him. Will he ever find FREEDOM??????????
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Summary: Ok Book
Review: Jump Ship To Freedom by James Lincoln Colier and Christopher Colier is an awesome book. In the beginning Daniel a black slave steals from his master by faking a fire in the house. When Mr. and Mrs. Ivers find out, they try whipping Daniel until he says that he stole from them. Still Daniel won't tell. The reason Danielwants the notes back because he wants to sell them in new York when he gets the money back he can buy his and his moms freedom. Will Daniel get to New York and get free? Read this book to find out. I would recommend this book to people who are intrested in the history of slaverly.
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Summary: Jump Ship To Freedom
Review: Jump Ship To Freedom by James Lincoln Colier and Christopher Colier is an awesome book. In the beginning Daniel a black slave steals from his master by faking a fire in the house. When Mr. and Mrs. Ivers find out, they try whipping Daniel until he says that he stole from them. Still Daniel won't tell. The reason Danielwants the notes back because he wants to sell them in new York when he gets the money back he can buy his and his moms freedom. Will Daniel get to New York and get free? Read this book to find out. I would recommend this book to people who are intrested in the history of slaverly.
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Summary: SEEDS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Review: Jump Ship to Freedom is Volume 2 of the Arabus Family History. I have not read the first volume, about his father who was paid by his owner to serve in his stead during the American Revolution. How he helped General Washington or earned the respect of many white men and a certain fame among Blacks. But this book stands on its own merit. Fourteen-year-old Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in Connecticut, the property of Captain Ivers. Their secret dream is to buy their freedom with the soldiers' notes (military scrip) which Daniel's father had earned for his war service. That is, if there ever is a federal government which will honor those notes. Daniel is obsessed with obtaining those notes for the future--his owners virtually stole them from his mother. So he concocts a clever plan to steal them back, but sets in motion a chain of events which threatens to take him by ship to be sold down in the West Indies' cane fields--a kind of liviing hell. He must use his wits and his courage, plus call his father's memory to mind in order to combat his harsh master, a string of bad luck and his own poor judgment. But he remains true to the way his brave father would want him to behave--even honoring a promise to a man on his deathbed, despite his natural desire to save his own neck. Daniel becomes the unwilling messenger for a major political issue as the delegates meet in Philadelphia to write our honored but much-maligned Constitution. A scrappy youth proves his integrity and true grit--honoring his father's memory--as he meets some famous men in post Revolutionary history. An exciting book which will captivate the reader while teaching about our American past.
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