The Bloody Country (Point) [Paperback]

James Lincoln Collier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1980 | Series: Point

In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and becomes involved in the property conflict between the two states.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (January 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590431269
• ISBN-13: 978-0590431262
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,775,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting page turner about a family fight for survival, January 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bloody Country (Point) (Paperback)

The book began with introducing the characters in an odd way. There was a fight between the parents, Martha and Daniel, about if there nine year old son and his friend, their slave, should go out and pick berries during the war. Martha, the mom, felt it was too dangerous because the path to the berry farm was the same road the warriors would come on. Daniel felt exactly the same but felt Joe Mountain, their slave, and Ben, their son, knew the woods of that area better then any visitor. So after a few pages of fighting Daniel wins "as normal." This is the point in the book that shocked me. On the way to the berry patch the boys talk about why Joe is a slave. Though nothing comes of it now it has big deal to the outcome of the events later to come. The boys thought since Joe was half Indian that he should be a slave in the morning and free in the afternoon. The boys arrive at the berry patch soon after and start to pick berries. They got their baskets about half full and here the warriors coming. They drop their baskets and sprint the two mile run home. They made it home just fine and tell their parents what the saw. They immediately took the appropriate actions, they got food, chopped wood, and took water from their mill stream. They were now ready to survive by themselves for a few days. After the second day of being in the house the warriors come while the boys are out in the field getting more wood for the fire. The take Martha outside and right as the boys and Daniel get there they see a life changing image. One of the Indians scalped his mother. Now the boys sad, motherless, and broken hearted must go on with there lives. They continue to go in hiding and continue to wait. The next few weeks past very quickly and the mill is snowed in. Now the biggest threat for the family is if the snow melts to quickly and the broken ice coming download stream could ruin the mill and wreck all there hard work of moving from Conn. To PA. to start a mill. The next few weeks again pass quickly because of all the work they do. It is now spring time and temperature is warming up quickly and the ice is melting. They family woke up and went outside and in the split moment they step out the mill is washed away from ice coming down the river. They set up camp and survive on what they have and have the journey of moving back to Conn. and avoiding the war.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Bloody Countrty, January 28, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Bloody Country (Point) (Paperback)

The Bloody County is a magnificent book. Sometimes it gets boring by telling to much informantion at one time, but then becomes good by picking up the story really quick.The story is based on a young boy named Ben Buck and his family that move from Connecticut to a placed called the Wyoming River Valley. The government one day comes and tell them that they have to move because another family rightfully owns this land, but the family won't leave. The next week Indians that work for the government come and scalp Ben's mother and his sister's husband. This scares the whole family and they split up. This book has its ups and downs but in the end comes out to be a pretty good book. The best part of the book is when the river floods, pulling a family and their canoe into the raging stream and then the Buck family saves them. I recommend this book to a person this book to a person that likes to read about early settlement in the U.S.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, October 8, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Bloody Country (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Point) (School & Library Binding)

The Bloody Country by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier is a great book! It is very informative at first but as the story unfolds it becomes a great story. This story takes place during the Revolutionary War and is about the Buck Family who moves into the Wyoming Valley. The Pennsylvania government says the land rigthfully belongs to someone else. The goverment forms allainces with the Native Americans and come to kick out the Buck family and everyone else in the area. The Indians and government battle with the people in the area and Ben Buck's uncle and mom get scalped. Later they get kicked out of the valley after they rebuild their mill (it was destroyed by a flood). After they get kicked out of the valley they figure out that the land was not given to anyone and come back to reclaim they're land.
The author of this book was very good and very descriptive. He almost made me feel like I was actually there. I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to learn about the Revolutionary War and what it felt like to live in that time period.