WINNER OF THE IRA YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD • Filled with fascinating period details of the eleventh century, this historical fiction paints a rich picture of a young life marked by courage and friendship.
It's the year 1095, and fifteen-year-old Anna longs for a different life in her small German village. But as the seasons turn, the year proves anything but ordinary.
Her youngest cousin, Thomas, disappears, and Anna suspects his mother of an unspeakable crime. Another cousin, Martin, runs away to join a murderous army of renegade Crusaders who bring death and destruction to Jews in the nearby city of Worms.
When Anna risks everything to save Leah, an orphaned Jewish girl whose only connection to her family is a silver cup, the two girls forge a remarkable friendship that defies the intolerance of their time.
