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The story of a teenage Mary Magdalene -- here called Miriam -- is finally told...When the world goes dark and her mind explodes within her, Miriam's future is shattered. In ancient Israel such seizures make her unclean. If anyone finds out about them, she will be an outcast. Only Abraham -- the son of Hannah, her caretaker -- shares her secret. Abraham, too, is afflicted -- a perfect mind in an imperfect body -- and to the villagers he is an idiot. To Miriam he is a savior...

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Author:   Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition:   Simon Pulse ed
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9780689873966

ISBN 10:   0689873964
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 2004
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 99 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Young adult ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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School Library Journal The narrative is rich with modern issues of gender, disability, violence against women, and spirituality.

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Donna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water in 1997. Her novel Zel was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon, and a School Library Journal Best Book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ALA Best Books. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband. Visit her at DonnaJoNapoli.com.

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