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My Guardian Angel
My Guardian Angel
Author: Sylvie Weil
Feisty and smart, Elvina is not your average 12-year-old. She adores reading ,writing, and studying like the boys. And she detests silly girls' chores, like keeping chicken eggs warm until they hatch. But she is also skilled in the art of healing, a skill that ultimately gets her into trouble. It's the 11th Century in France, and the Crusade...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780439576819
ISBN-10: 0439576814
Publication Date: 9/1/2004
Pages: 208
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A children's novel about an obscure historical figure, Elvina, daughter of a famous family of Jewish Talmudic scholars living in Troyes, France in 1096. The Jewish community is afraid of being destroyed by the Crusaders currently passing through France.

Elvina, who has been secretly taught to read by her scholar grandfather, although obedient to her family, is also very independent - for example, teaching some other girls to read the Torah and hiding a young Christian who wants to become a scholar rather than a Crusading warrior.

A well-written story about a group of people seldom written about - European Jews in the time of the Crusades. Translated from the original French.

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