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Queen Esther the Morning Star
By Gerstein, Mordicai
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-372-6
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2000
Gr 2-5 Gerstein has retold and illustrated the Biblical story of the Jewish girl who became Queen of Persia and saved her people from genocide at the hands of an evil prime minister. He has followed the Old Testament tale closely, adding only a dream of two battling dragons and the morning star that awakens Mordecai to the fact that his cousin Esther must approach the king and beg him to save her people. Detailed, gouache carto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
