Song of the Magdalene by Donna Jo Napoli
Relates the story of Miriam, a young girl being raised by her widowed father in ancient Israel, who grows up to be Mary Magdalene.
School Library Journal A gripping novel that is hard to put down
School Library Journal The narrative is rich with modern issues of gender, disability, violence against women, and spirituality
Booklist [Written with] richness of detail and depth of feeling....Lyrical writing and layered characterizations....
School Library Journal The narrative is rich with modern issues of gender, disability, violence against women, and spirituality
Booklist [Written with] richness of detail and depth of feeling....Lyrical writing and layered characterizations....
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780689873966 |
| ISBN 10 | 0689873964 |
| Title | Song of the Magdalene |
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2004-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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