cdel1313's reviews
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This book has been one of my first travels into medieval England before the Tudor era. I loved reading the story of Katherine and John, and connecting pieces of history - family trees, and even some of the rebels whose names I have come across in other stories. I definitely have to check into more of Anya Seton's books.

This is a great Young Adult book about a girl who lives in Afghanistan under the regime of the Taliban. Parvana's father gets taken off to jail because he attended college in England years before the Taliban came into power. Parvana learns from her family that she must dress as a boy and work in the village, because she is the only one who can provide for them. Thus begins Parvana's journey, (which is actually the title of the second book in the trilogy). This is a great book to introduce kids (5th-6th grade?) to what life was (and is, in some parts) like in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.

So B. It is such a sweet and heartwrenching book. I love using it with my students.

Probably one of my most favorite books of all time. I read my copy of it so many times I lost the cover and several of the first pages.

I loved this book. The story of a woman who rose through the ranks of the Catholic church disguised as a man, to become Pope.