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4-6Connect: Discovering the New World series.
In a forced fictional tie-in to a nonfiction series, this novel imagines the experience of thirteen-year-old Samuel de la Loire, an aristocratic French boy. Sam stows away on one of explorer Jacques Cartier's ships as it travels to the New World. Cocky at first, Sam soon learns the harsh realities of life as a sailor, explorer, and settler. "Making Connections" questions are appended. Glos.