{"product_id":"spindle-and-dagger-9781536207774","title":"Spindle and Dagger","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis rich literary novel follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the medieval Welsh warband that killed her family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWales, 1109. Three years ago, a warband raided Elen's home. Her baby sister could not escape the flames. Her older sister fought back and almost killed the warband's leader, Owain ap Cadwgan, before being killed herself. Despite Elen's own sexual assault at the hands of the raiders, she saw a chance to live and took it. She healed Owain's wound and spun a lie: \u003ci\u003eOwain ap Cadwgan, son of the king of Powys, cannot be killed, not by blade nor blow nor poison. Owain ap Cadwgan has the protection of Saint Elen, as long as he keeps her namesake safe from harm and near him always\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor three years, Elen has had plenty of food, clothes to wear, and a bed to sleep in that she shares with the man who brought that warband to her door. Then Owain abducts Nest, the wife of a Norman lord, and her three children, triggering full-out war. As war rages, and her careful lies threaten to unravel, Elen begins to look to Nest and see a different life -- if she can decide, once and for all, where her loyalties lie. J. Anderson Coats's evocative prose immerses the reader in a dark but ultimately affirming tale of power and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536207774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"J. Anderson Coats","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36657705713820,"sku":"9781536207774","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1bd401cf-2d94-48ac-b857-dc68760788e9.jpg?v=1603891296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spindle-and-dagger-9781536207774","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}