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Yohalem, Eve
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
This seventeenth-century seafaring adventure unites Petra and Bram, a wealthy merchant's daughter and a mixed-race carpenter's son, and thrusts them into a mutinous crew of sailors. Through alternating points of view, Yohalem unfurls a thrilling and meticulously researched adventure. Her facts never outweigh her fiction, and both Petra and Bram are kids with compelling, and sometimes heartbreaking, family stories.
Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby
(4)
4-6
The daughter of the American ambassador to Ethiopia, Lucy longs to explore the country. After she is kidnapped, Lucy turns to her knowledge of the Ethiopian landscape and wildlife to make her way home. The book is dramatic and informative, but the facts often weigh on the narrative and Lucy's survival in the wilderness (though based on a true story) strains credibility.
Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby
2 reviews
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