Reading · Graphic Novel Review
Blood on the River
Interactive chapter-by-chapter review collection with visual vocabulary, passage-based scenes, quote explanations, and simple student checks.
Chapter Collection
Interactive Chapters
London, the Locket, and the First Turning Point
Samuel takes back his mother’s locket and is captured.
Chapter 2Orphanage, Reverend Hunt, and the Virginia Voyage
Samuel is spared, meets Hunt and Smith, and joins the expedition.
Chapter 3Stuck on the Ship
The crowded ’tween deck, seasickness, mistrust, and conflict.
Chapter 4Fever, Blue Water, and Smith in Chains
Samuel recovers, sees blue water, and Smith is accused and chained.
Chapter 5Rumors, Fear, and First Contact
Dominica, frightening stories, and peaceful food exchange.
Chapter 6Nevis, Wonder, and Hard Lessons
The whale battle, island danger, forgiveness, and Smith’s hard lesson.
Chapter 7Gallows, Grace, and Ignorance
Smith nearly hangs, Reverend Hunt saves him, and Mona teaches a deadly lesson.
Chapter 8Storm, Landfall, and First Attack
The fleet reaches Virginia, Samuel fights Richard, and the shore party is attacked.
Chapter 9The Box, the Council, and James Town
The sealed box is opened, leaders are named, and the settlement site is chosen.
Chapter 10Chapel, Salty Water, and Night Attack
James Town works and prays before a sudden raid ends with James’s death.
Chapter 11Grief, Palisade, and Sword Training
Samuel grieves James, learns about Powhatan power, builds the fort, and trains with Smith.
Chapter 12Words, Sickness, and a Hard Choice
Language becomes protection as sickness, hunger, hidden food, and fear threaten the colony.
Chapter 13Food, Friendship, and Fragile Peace
Wingfield falls, rain brings relief, Samuel reaches toward Richard, and Native visitors bring food and political warnings.
Chapter 14Houses, Work, and Smith Missing
James Town grows healthier, houses replace tents, Smith explores the Chickahominy, and fear returns when he disappears.
Chapter 15Escape Attempt, Smith’s Return, and Pocahontas
Gentlemen try to flee with the food, Smith returns, tells his captivity story, and is arrested again.
Chapter 16Newport Returns and Smith Is Spared
New ships bring supplies, settlers, relief, and new survival problems.
Chapter 17Gold Dreams and the Great Fire
Pocahontas plays in the fort, men search for gold, and fire destroys homes and food.
Chapter 18Powhatan Help and a Bigger Circle
After the fire, Pocahontas and the Powhatan people bring warmth, food, and aid.
Chapter 19Namontack’s Stories and Shared Beliefs
Namontack returns from England, shares Powhatan beliefs, and Samuel imagines peace through language and friendship.
Chapter 20Newport’s Orders and the Crown
Newport returns with colonists, new profit plans, and dangerous orders to crown Chief Powhatan.
Chapter 21Powhatan, the Coronation, and a Wedding
Samuel meets the Great Powhatan, the forced coronation creates trouble, and Ann and John marry.
Chapter 22Warraskoyack Lessons and Pocahontas’s Warning
Samuel learns survival with the Warraskoyacks as Pocahontas warns Smith of danger and Richard arrives hungry from James Town.
Chapter 23Too Many Colonists and Broken Peace
Families and new settlers crowd James Town, Smith’s authority weakens, and English attacks on Native villages threaten war.
Chapter 24Smith Falls and Virginia Is Born
Smith is badly burned, releases Samuel from service, and Ann Laydon gives birth as hard times close in.
Chapter 25Smith Leaves and Samuel’s Plan
Captain Smith gives Samuel blue trade beads, Richard says goodbye, Point Comfort seems safer, and Samuel chooses a risky plan for Virginia.
Chapter 26Virginia to Point Comfort
Samuel secretly takes baby Virginia downriver, faces Ann and John’s anger, is imprisoned, and learns Ratcliffe’s corn mission was a deadly trap.
Chapter 27Safe at Point Comfort
Samuel lives with Ann, John, and Virginia at Point Comfort, trades for food, remembers his teachers and friends, and finally feels safe.