Millie Pearson
Out of the Fire
eBook
( April 7, 2017)
‘For a while, we lived well together – even while thinking each others’ beliefs were wrong.’
1189. York, England. Hanna wants two things: a spell for invisibility, and the safe return of her brother and father.
Then Richard I sets the country ablaze with talk of the infidel and waging a holy war in Palestine…
It's a story about a Jewish girl, a Christian boy, a book of ancient Babylonian magic – and the disaster that unfolds when forces beyond their control are unleashed.
Hanna is caught up in real events from a medieval past, which resonate powerfully with our 21st-century present.
Review from the Jewish Chronicle, 14 December 2017
Hanna lives in the Jewish community of 12th-century York. Adept at helping her grandfather heal people, even with operations, she is also fascinated by magic but these are dangerous times to be dabbling, with the new king, Richard, on the throne and mobs on the streets attacking Jews and torching their homes. Out of the Fire by Millie Pearson (Hurstbourne Publishing, £6.99) culminates in the events at Clifford’s Tower. Pearson excels at both day-to-day detail and wide historical drama. Age 12 up.
1189. York, England. Hanna wants two things: a spell for invisibility, and the safe return of her brother and father.
Then Richard I sets the country ablaze with talk of the infidel and waging a holy war in Palestine…
It's a story about a Jewish girl, a Christian boy, a book of ancient Babylonian magic – and the disaster that unfolds when forces beyond their control are unleashed.
Hanna is caught up in real events from a medieval past, which resonate powerfully with our 21st-century present.
Review from the Jewish Chronicle, 14 December 2017
Hanna lives in the Jewish community of 12th-century York. Adept at helping her grandfather heal people, even with operations, she is also fascinated by magic but these are dangerous times to be dabbling, with the new king, Richard, on the throne and mobs on the streets attacking Jews and torching their homes. Out of the Fire by Millie Pearson (Hurstbourne Publishing, £6.99) culminates in the events at Clifford’s Tower. Pearson excels at both day-to-day detail and wide historical drama. Age 12 up.
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