by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the threetime Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw.Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. Mara is not like other slaves; she can read and write, ...
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appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
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Consider Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin.
“Warm, character-driven historical fiction following Caroline Fletcher, raised in a wealthy Richmond slaveholding household, as she confronts the moral costs of that world. The novel delivers intimate domestic scenes, period detail, and a faith-inflected arc that will satisfy readers who like slow moral reckonings and romance threads. Its main limitation is a steady sentimental and devotional tone that flattens some moral ambiguity and slows momentum, so readers seeking hard-edged historical critique or faster plotting may feel stalled.”
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