Brimming with details of life in Italy during the plague of 1348, this well-researched story incorporates historical information about medieval alchemy, midwifery, and the conflict between science and superstition, providing a rich context and arresting contrast for Santina's thoroughly modern attitudes. This medieval love story and its memorable heroine are likely to resonate with contemporary teens. (maps, historical timeline, glossary, bibliography) –Kirkus Reviews, March 2015

Rights Contact

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Award(s)

Best YA Fiction Hollywood Book Festival, Grand Prize Winner of the Paris Book Festival, and Literary Classics Gold Award for YA Fiction and for YA Historical Fiction

Book Website

http://www.partnerspublishersgroup.com/titleinfo.php?isbn=9781936181179

Contributor(s)

Mary A. Osborne

Publisher

Lake Street Press

ISBN-13

978-1-936181-17-9

Publication Date

May 15, 2015

Pages

288

Price

$16.95

Tags

#yafiction

#historical

Our Review

In Santina, Osborne has crafted a complex character with greater depth than typically found in YA fare. Lessons in Greek and philosophy are the highlight of seventeen-year-old Santina Pietra’s week, but when a shared passion for alchemy and learning evolves into passion of a different sort,... Read More