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To the New World & Back: Blake and the Mysterious Coin

Age 10-14
Grade 4-6

Sophia Day, Carol Sauder, Stephanie Strouse

To the New World & Back: Blake and the Mysterious Coin

Paperback (Real MVP Kids March 3, 2020)

DNA Chronicles: To the New World & Back

Blake discovers the truth about his ancestors and their quest for freedom in a wild and dangerous land. Travel with him as he wakes up on the Mayflower and struggles to find his new identity, not as Blake, but as his ancestor Henry Samson. Experience firsthand the riveting life-and-death struggles on the voyage across the Atlantic, surviving the bitter winter. Will he ever find his way home again?

About the DNA Chronicles: Blake & The Mysterious Coin series

Stepping back through generations of time, our MVP Kids experience the history and culture of their ancestors. What happened in their lives? How did their great-great-great grandparents participate in the progress and development of their ancestral countries, their communities? Each new adventure brings new clarity to the DNA of our MVP Kids, weaving the past with the present, reliving actual historical events and firsthand accounts of real people. The past may belong to the past, but our DNA Chronicles will allow readers to realize that the past also belongs to them. Readers learn about the desire and fortitude it takes to commit to life’s most important values, life skills, and accomplishments.

About MVP Kids

Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids in addressing the challenges in their lives through story based character lessons where the kids interact at school, social situations and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers; hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-agers. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators guidance in promoting character education, including social and emotional learning.

This diverse book features a range of families and diversity in positive ways. The MVP Kids span diverse cultures, ethnicities, religions, family situations, physical challenges, education, and professions. Some are the only child in their family; others have large families. Some are recent immigrants; others date back to the Pilgrims. The diversity allows children to see themselves in the pages of the book while also seeing positive interaction with others who are different.

Series
DNA Chronicles (Book 1)
ISBN
1645169847 / 9781645169840
Pages
224
Weight
12.0 oz.
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.4 in.