Swallow's Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swallow's Dance write by Wendy Orr. This book was released on 2018-06-27. Swallow's Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I wonder if the first day of Learning is always like this - do the girls on the hill always feel the ground tremble under their feet? Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born reduced to nothing. With her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira has only the strength and resourcefulness within herself to find safety. A thrilling Bronze Age survival story from the acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song.
Swallow's Dance
Swallow's Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swallow's Dance write by Wendy Orr. This book was released on 2018-10-01. Swallow's Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home--and her family--in pieces. And the earth goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born are reduced to nothing. With her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira must find the strength and resourcefulness within herself to find safety. A thrilling new Bronze Age survival story from the award-winning author of Dragonfly Song and Nim's Island.
The Stillness of Swallows
The Stillness of Swallows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stillness of Swallows write by Michelle Damiani. This book was released on 2020-07-15. The Stillness of Swallows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Old secrets. New lies. An Italian village on the brink of catastrophe. Things are changing in Santa Lucia, and not necessarily for the better. As the town’s residents move through their daily lives, finding love, friendship, and themselves, the past starts to catch up with them…and spill its secrets. Sins thought long-forgotten return with vengeance, threatening the happiness of those who deserve it, and those who don't. When children go missing, it sets off a series of events that expose hard truths and painful lies. Will Santa Lucia crumble under the weight of these devastating revelations? "Michelle Damiani has done it again!" "A hair-raising ending keeps the plot moving up to the very last page." "Beautiful setting with interesting people and so well written. You must read them all. A great getaway during these trying times-or anytime!" "Loved the characters and their stories as much as I did the heavenly hilltop village. As an Italophile I was so wonderfully absorbed in this series." "Oh, I love the Santa Lucia series."
Swallow's Dance (16pt Large Print Edition)
Swallow's Dance (16pt Large Print Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swallow's Dance (16pt Large Print Edition) write by Wendy Orr. This book was released on 2018-07-18. Swallow's Dance (16pt Large Print Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I wonder if the first day of Learning is always like this - do the girls on the hill always feel the ground tremble under their feet? Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born reduced to nothing. With her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira has only the strength and resourcefulness within herself to find safety. A thrilling Bronze Age survival story from the acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song.
Dragonfly Song
Dragonfly Song - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dragonfly Song write by Wendy Orr. This book was released on 2016-06-22. Dragonfly Song available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. WINNER: 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Children's Fiction WINNER: 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Children's Literature HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2017 There are two ways of looking at Aissa's story. She's the miracle girl who escaped the raiders. Or she's the cursed child who called the Bull King's ship to the island. The firstborn daughter of a priestess is cast out as a baby, and after raiders kill her adopted family, she is abandoned at the gates of the Great Hall, anonymous and mute. Called No-Name, the cursed child, she is raised a slave, and not until she is twelve does she learn her name is Aissa: the dragonfly. Now every year the Bull King takes a tribute from the island: two thirteen-year-old children to brave the bloody bull dances in his royal court. None have ever returned - but for Aissa it is the only escape. Aissa is resilient, resourceful, and fast - but to survive the bull ring, she will have to learn the mystery of her true nature. A riveting, mythic Bronze Age adventure from award-winning author Wendy Orr.
