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Summary: Boring
Review: Jump Ship to Freedom was awful! It lacked realism, drifted along through the plot very sloowwwllyyy, and left me bored and disinterested. I literally had to force myself through the ending (required to finish for a class). If you are an avid reader of historical fiction there is MUCH better out there.
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Summary: Collin's Review
Review: Jump Ship to Freedom Daniel Arabus raced across the dock with Big Tom a hairsbreadth behind him. He had to make it to Samuel's Tavern, he just had to. If Big Tom caught him he would be brought back to Captain Ivers, tied to the Junius Bruntus' mainmast (which was Captain Ivers' ship), whipped, and sold to the Cane Fields in the South. Big Tom grabbed Daniel's shirt, and Daniel knew he had only one choice'he jumped into the water. Would he make it, or would Big Tom catch him? Hi... I just read Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Daniel Arabus was a 14 year-old slave for a horrible master named Captain Ivers. Captain Ivers takes Daniel on the Junius Bruntus (which is something Daniel has always to do), but taking Daniel on the Junius Bruntus is a trick! Captain Ivers really is taking Daniel to the South to be sold to the Cane Fields instead of New York, where Daniel thought they were going! Will Daniel escape, or will Captain Ivers sell him to the Cane Fields? I feel I'm sort of like Daniel in a way (but thankfully, I'm not a slave!) because I'm courageous, strong-willed, and a little stubborn! I strongly liked this book because it didn't have much cursing, was pretty interesting, and had some old history in it. My favorite part in Jump Ship to Freedom was when Daniel made a small fire in Captain Ivers' quarters and ran out of the room screaming that there was a huge fire and jumped of the Junius Bruntus to the New York harbor. One important thing this book lacked though was humor. I've only read two or three parts that were funny. I think that Jump Ship to Freedom is for 4-6 grade readers because it's a long read, has mild violence, and blood. Daniel was traveling with an elderly Quaker when he saw it. The Quaker needed a doctor badly and Daniel went into a Tavern to get one, and when he talked to the keeper to ask for a doctor he noticed a man hammering a poster to the wall. Daniel looked closer, and he saw it was a wanted poster'of him! Captain Ivers was onto him. Daniel started to run up the stairs'
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Summary: A TERRIFIC BOOK!
Review: The book Jump Ship to Freedom is about an African-American boy named Daniel Arabus who goes on a mission to buy himself and his mother freedom from the Ivers family. Daniel's dead father earned enough soldiers notes in the Revolutionary War to buy them free, but Mrs. Ivers took the notes from their family! After Daniel steals them back, he is sent on the ship Junius Brutus to be sold as a slave. The rest of the book is about how Daniel manages to give a message to his state's Congress representative and buy himself free. I enjoyed this book because it had many adventures, showed the character's feelings and what things were like in the time when the story took place. I recommend for you to read Jump Ship to Freedom. If you do read it, I hope you like the book as much as I did!
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Summary: A good book for older teens.
Review: The book was very good. It would have been better if I would have been about 2 years older though. Other thatn that the book was well written and I enjoyed it anyway. I would recommend it to any one 14 or older though.
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