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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2007
Gr 6-9 This historical novel with some elements of fantasy meanders through a multithreaded plot, but it has strong character development. Rhiannon, her mother, and grandmother live atop a steep bluff in 12th-century Wales. They have become nurses to the hopeless cases of the village below. The invalids include, at various times, a girl who was injured by a blow to the head, a m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
On a bluff above a medieval town, fourteen-year-old Rhiannon tends to the dying with her mother and grandmother until a murder disturbs their s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More