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Series
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Zipporah is the adopted daughter of Jethro the sage. She was found on the banks of the Red Sea. She is a Cushite by birth--one of the black peopld of the lands to the south. She is an honored member of Jethro's family but because of her black skin she will always be an outsider and the men of her adopted tribe will not want her as a wife.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night...
Author
Series
Canaan trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Yahweh, is it not your will that our bodies should grow beyond childhood? That we should become men and women, each with our own breath, our own strength, the joy of our own senses? Is it not your will that a man's caress should delight a woman? Is it not your law that a sister should find other eyes to love than those of her brother, another voice to hear and admire other than that of her brother? Is it not your teaching that a woman should choose...