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32 pp.
| Front |
October, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-469-3$17.95
(3)
K-3
In fourteenth-century Europe, a girl wanders the countryside looking for help after she escapes a town slowly dying of the plague. The narrative is sparse; panel illustrations tell most of the story through delicate-lined pen-and-ink pictures showing dark, death-filled towns, forlorn families, and corpses. Background knowledge about the Black Plague will aid understanding of this illustrated book for older readers.