Black Snow Falling Nigel Forde

Black Snow Falling Nigel FordeNominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal In 1592, a girl with spirit is a threat. Ruth has secrets. An old book of heresy belonging to her long absent father. A dream that haunts her. And a love that she and Silas hide from the world. When she is robbed of all she holds true, her friends from Crowbury slide into terrible danger. Hope is as faint as a moonbow. Dare Ruth trust the shadowy one who could destroy them all? This is a story about hope

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