![]() ![]() Not only a sweet story of family loyalty and courage through trials, A Lion to Guard Us also gives a glimpse into 18th century London and the history of Jamestown. ![]() They have to run away from someone.Īn old woman who speaks to them might be drunk. The children are treated poorly by their mistress. But with her father's little brass lion's head to guard them, Amanda knows that somehow everything will work out. The ocean crossing is long and hard, and the children don't know whom to trust. ![]() Other characters do not act so righteously, but their deeds are shown as wrong.Ī couple of important characters die, which is merely stated. As the new head of the family, Amanda finally decides to take her brother and sister to America to find Father. Amanda strives to do what is right in every situation and always puts her siblings welfare before her own. Through many dangers and adventures the children toil with only their father's brass lion door-knocker to guard them. When her mother dies and they are thrown into the streets, eleven-year-old Amanda knows she must bring her younger siblings Jemmy and Meg to the New World where their father is waiting. ![]()
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