Victory by susan cooper6/12/2023 I did appreciate both it’s message and how it was delivered in an adventure story. Victory is meant for children around the ages of eleven or twelve and so as an adult reader it was too simplified for true enjoyment. That Molly and Sam have another connection becomes clear at the end of the book, and this connection helps Molly to realize that wherever her family is, that will always be home for her. The author’s descriptions of life aboard this navy vessel and the actual battle were well done. The story moves quickly, alternating between the two children and I confess I found Sam’s story far more interesting, as, I suspect did my grandson. Inside this envelope is a piece of the flag that flew from the Victory. This isn’t a time travel book, the two children are linked by the fact that Molly purchases a older book, a biography of Nelson and finds an envelope glued under the cover. The main characters are two children, English Molly trying to overcome homesickness and get used to living in America, and Sam, a young boy who is pressed into naval service and becomes a powder monkey aboard Nelson’s flagship, the HMS Victory.
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