So after finishing my homework yesterday evening I thought, "Hey, I might as well start the second Elizabeth Diary." Well an hour and a half later I had come to the end of Elizabeth's second tale.
This one seeming much shorter than the first (though in reality not really) highlights the worst time that was experienced in the Jamestown colony in the winter or 1609-1610. John Smith's return to England due to injury left the colony without steady leadership. This was the first step to the heartache that would be faced during this time. Without anyone to step up and tell the settlers what to do the storeroom (meant to keep food for winter) was exhausted and several parties broke off from the colony to find their own place to live. This left poor Elizabeth and her family cold and hungry...very hungry. It did not help that the relations with the Indians were poor due to previous injustices done to them by some of the lazier settlers. This meant that they were deathly afraid of even venturing just outside of the compound walls and make finding food very difficult. Death runs even more rampant in this book than the last and it does begin to sink in how helpless these poor people were. Whether or not Elizabeth and her family find relief I will let you read to find out.
I was pleased by this second book to Elizabeth's diary but I am left wondering what could possibly be coming in the third. I do not think a great hardship/conflict could occur in the next book. Guess I will have to read to find out!
More information on the book for those of you who are interested:
- Reading level: Ages 7 and up
- Mass Market Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (May 1, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0439369029
- ISBN-13: 978-0439369022
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