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Name: The Windeby Puzzle : History and Story
Author: Lowry, Lois
ISBN: [978-0-06-332775-7,0-06-332775-9]

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The Windeby Puzzle : History and Story

Author: Lowry, Lois

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Follett Number: 2425FD4
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2023, p2024
Format: 186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-332775-7
ISBN-10: 0-06-332775-9
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Friendship Fiction

Historical Fiction

Iron Age Fiction

Orphans Fiction

People With Disabilities Fiction

Includes bibliographical references. Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.

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Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body. Estrild is not like the other girls in her village; she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her train in spite of his twisted back, also stands apart. In a world where differences are poorly tolerated, just how much danger are they in Inspired by the true discovery of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body in Northern Germany, Newbery Medalist and master storyteller Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron age world as she breathes life back into the Windeby child, left in the bog to drown with a woolen blindfold over its eyes. This suspenseful exploration of lives that might have been by a gifted, intellectually curious author is utterly one of a kind. Includes several arresting photos of archeological finds, including of the Windeby child.

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