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The Executioner's Daughter
By Williams, Laura Melody
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80506-234-2
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2000
Gr 6-8 A historical novel set in England in 1450. Gentle, sensitive Lily has the misfortune to be the daughter of the village executioner. The other children taunt and torment her and her only friends are the wounded forest animals that she nurses back to health. When her mother dies, Lily knows that it is her destiny to replace her as the executioner's assistant. Suddenly the ugliness from which she has been shielded all her life becomes all too real. She faces the difficul...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
