The Passion of Dolssa
Apr 2016 · Sold by Penguin
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PRINTZ HONOR AWARD WINNER • In this “gorgeous and evocative” (The New York Times) historical fiction novel from the award-winning author of Lovely War, two young girls fight to protect each other from a vindictive friar.
“A tense, moving portrait of these two teenage girls and their struggle to survive against insurmountable odds.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A beautiful and timeless tale of family and loyalty, friendship and devotion.”—Mette Ivie Harrison, bestselling author of The Bishop’s Wife
Dolssa is a young gentlewoman with uncanny gifts, on the run from an obsessed friar determined to burn her as a heretic for the passion she refuses to tame.
Botille is a wily and charismatic peasant, a matchmaker running a tavern with her two sisters in a tiny seaside town.
The year is 1241; the place, Provensa, what we now call Provence, France—a land still reeling from the bloody crusades waged there by the Catholic Church and its northern French armies.
When the matchmaker finds the mystic near death by a riverside, Botille takes Dolssa in and discovers the girl’s extraordinary healing power. But as the vengeful Friar Lucien hunts down his heretic, the two girls find themselves putting an entire village at the mercy of murderers.
“A tense, moving portrait of these two teenage girls and their struggle to survive against insurmountable odds.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A beautiful and timeless tale of family and loyalty, friendship and devotion.”—Mette Ivie Harrison, bestselling author of The Bishop’s Wife
Dolssa is a young gentlewoman with uncanny gifts, on the run from an obsessed friar determined to burn her as a heretic for the passion she refuses to tame.
Botille is a wily and charismatic peasant, a matchmaker running a tavern with her two sisters in a tiny seaside town.
The year is 1241; the place, Provensa, what we now call Provence, France—a land still reeling from the bloody crusades waged there by the Catholic Church and its northern French armies.
When the matchmaker finds the mystic near death by a riverside, Botille takes Dolssa in and discovers the girl’s extraordinary healing power. But as the vengeful Friar Lucien hunts down his heretic, the two girls find themselves putting an entire village at the mercy of murderers.
PRINTZ HONOR AWARD WINNER • In this “gorgeous and evocative” (The New York Times) historical fiction novel from the award-winning author of Lovely War, two young girls fight to protect each other from a vindictive friar.
“A tense, moving portrait of these two teenage girls and their struggle to ...
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Julie Berry grew up in western New York. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. She now lives in southern California with her husband and four sons. All the Truth That’s in Me (September 2013, Viking) was Julie’s first young adult novel. It earned five starred reviews and garnered widespread critical praise. It was nominated for the Edgar Award for Young Adult Mystery, and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal (UK), and was the recipient of the 2014 Silver Inky award, the Whitney Award for YA, and the Westchester Fiction Prize. Julie is also the author of seven other critically acclaimed titles for young readers. Her works appear in international versions worldwide. Prior to becoming an author, she worked in software sales and marketing.
Julie Berry grew up in western New York. She holds a BS from Rensselaer in communication and an MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. She now lives in southern California with her husband and four sons. All the Truth That’s in Me (September 2013, Viking) was Julie’s f...
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