Worlds Apart by Kathleen Karr Questions?

Question

1. What period of history does this book depict? Why was it important?

2. Who are the major characters? Describe how they change throughout the story.

3. What is the major theme of the book?

4. What is the major conflict of the story? How is it resolved?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

In 1670, soon after arriving in the Carolinas with a group of colonists from England, fifteen-year-old Christopher West befriends a young Sewee Indian, Asha-po, and learns some hard lessons about survival, slavery, and friendship.

Heidi Hauser Green - Children's Literature
The year is 1670. Christopher West, his parents and his sister, Julia, have traveled from England to the New World. They, along with the other colonists who traveled with them, are to be the first settlers of Carolina, an untamed land very different from the cultured British society to which they are accustomed. These differences quickly become apparent, as the colonists are welcomed by the Sewee Indians. The Sewee people welcome the newcomers with food and goods. It is then that fifteen-year-old Christopher meets Asha-po, a young Indian of the same age. The boys share a love of adventure and a sense of curiosity, and they begin to meet for daily adventures. They explore the islands, the ships, and the water. After days of hard labor helping to build the colony's palisade, Christopher enjoys the freedom he is given to run loose with Asha-po, an activity that is sanctioned by colony leaders who recognize that the boys' friendship can be a means of learning about their new land and its resources. Christopher, in fact, learns about more than just rattlesnakes, corn and clams. He learns about friendship, slavery, danger, and—most of all—his own strength. Kathleen Karr's early American adventure tale is captivating and fast-paced. It is based on written accounts of the actual Carolina colony. 2005, Marshall Cavendish, Ages 10 to 14.

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In 1670, soon after arriving in the Carolinas with a group of colonists from England, fifteen-year-old Christopher West befriends a young Sewee Indian, Asha-po, and learns some hard lessons about survival, slavery, and friendship.

Heidi Hauser Green - Children's Literature
The year is 1670. Christopher West, his parents and his sister, Julia, have traveled from England to the New World. They, along with the other colonists who traveled with them, are to be the first settlers of Carolina, an untamed land very different from the cultured British society to which they are accustomed. These differences quickly become apparent, as the colonists are welcomed by the Sewee Indians. The Sewee people welcome the newcomers with food and goods. It is then that fifteen-year-old Christopher meets Asha-po, a young Indian of the same age. The boys share a love of adventure and a sense of curiosity, and they begin to meet for daily adventures. They explore the islands, the ships, and the water. After days of hard labor helping to build the colony's palisade, Christopher enjoys the freedom he is given to run loose with Asha-po, an activity that is sanctioned by colony leaders who recognize that the boys' friendship can be a means of learning about their new land and its resources. Christopher, in fact, learns about more than just rattlesnakes, corn and clams. He learns about friendship, slavery, danger, and—most of all—his own strength. Kathleen Karr's early American adventure tale is captivating and fast-paced. It is based on written accounts of the actual Carolina colony. 2005, Marshall Cavendish, Ages 10 to 14.

School Library Journal
Gr 4-7-This is the story of a cross-cultural friendship, the struggles faced by the English trying to make a life in the South Carolina colony in 1670, and the effects of colonization on Native Americans. Christopher West, the narrator, is a likable, open-minded teen who forms a close bond with a Sewee Indian. They learn a great deal from one another, and Asha-po teaches Christopher how to survive in his new harsh surroundings. Their relationship brings to mind Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver (Houghton, 1983). As this friendship develops, Christopher begins to wrestle in his own mind with the perceived injustice done by his people toward the Sewees. Conflicts with his father begin, but Chrisptoher's upbringing prevents disobedience. When Asha-po and his people help the English fight off an attack by the Spanish, and then by the hostile Westo, they are offered meager gifts as a thank you, with promises of more to come. When another ship arrives from England without further reward and with more settlers, the teens' relationship is severely strained. This thoughtful novel offers extensive information as well as a gripping story of friendship and adventure. Karr paints a clear picture of the problems endured by the colonists and their single-minded determination to survive. In an afterword, she explains how she intermingled real historical figures with fictional ones and what triggered the story's surprising ending.-Renee Steinberg, formerly at Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale, NJ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews
Karr spins a tale of the first European colonists in the Carolinas (1670) around a haunting historical episode. Teenaged Christopher West is able to escape most of the arduous work of building a settlement by hooking up with Asha-po, a member of the indigenous Sewee who quickly picks up some English, and sets about teaching his new friend how to hunt, forage and live in harmony with the land. Christopher thrives under Asha-po's tutelage, and so does the colony, surviving a tough first winter, and fending off attacks from both Spanish settlers and hostile neighbors called Westo-but relations turn sour when the English move inland, clearing land for plantations, overtaxing the local food supplies and using Westo captives as slave labor. In the end, Christopher returns to the coast in search of his friend-and arrives in time to see the entire Sewee community setting out to sea in canoes, heading for Europe and, as it turns out, directly into a hurricane. They were never seen again, Karr explains in an afterword, and left only hints behind of what they were like. A poignant chapter in our country's early history, set further to the South than recent tales of the period. (Fiction. 11-13)


Product Details
ISBN: 0761451951

ISBN-13: 9780761451952
Format: Hardcover, 208pp
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Inc
Pub. Date: January 2005
Age Range: 10 to 12
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