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The Passion of Dolssa

Julie Berry

In 1241 Provence, Dolssa is fleeing religious persecution after refusing to deny her belief that Christ speaks to her. Church authorities have already executed her mother, and a friar continues to hunt Dolssa. Botille, a matchmaker who runs an inn with her sisters in the seaside village of Bajas, finds the young woman badly injured and hides her from the friar. The sisters nurse Dolssa in secret, but she later uses her gift for healing during a crisis. News of those healings spreads, bringing the danger closer.

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Themes
Courage · Friendship · Grief And Loss · History · Religion And Spirituality
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9780451469922
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2017Fiction for Young Adults
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