Babylonne (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763636500)

Exotic and exciting, this unflinching coming-of-age tale featuring a headstrong heroine weaves a vivid tapestry of life in the Middle Ages.

Early thirteenth-century Languedoc is a place of valor, violence, and persecution. At age sixteen, Babylonne has survived six bloody sieges. She's tough, resourceful, and -- now that her strict aunt and abusive grandmother intend to marry her off to a senile old man -- desperate. Disguised as a boy, Babylonne embarks on an action-packed adventure that amounts to a choice: trust the mysterious Catholic priest -- a sworn enemy to her Cathar faith -- who says he's a friend of her dead father, Pagan. Or pursue a fairy-tale version of her future, one in which she'll fight and likely die in a vicious war with the French. Though Babylonne never knew her irreverent father, fans of Catherine Jinks's novels about Pagan Kidrouk will be sure to see the resemblance in his feisty daughter.

Author: Catherine Jinks
ISBN-10: 0763636509
ISBN-13: 9780763636500
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2008
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 126695 / Babylonne


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 36
Kirkus Review - Children 10/15/2008 pg. 1118
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 128
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2009 pg. 94
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2009
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 pg. 96 - Superior,Well Above Average