| A | B |
| amazed | surprised; greatly astonished |
| bewildered | completely confused; puzzled |
| homeland | country that is your home; your native land |
| longed | wished very much; desired greatly |
| sculptures | works of art created by carving, casting, or modeling |
| still | to make or become calm or quiet |
| seacoast | land long the sea |
| towering | very high |
| historical fiction | fictional story set in the past, in which some details are factual buth others are made up |
| steamship | ship moved by engines that work by the action of steam and pressure |
| sequence | to put events in order |