Download books offline, listen to several books simultaneously, switch to kids. Hush an irish princess tale by donna jo napoli teen ink. An irish princess tale by donna jo napoli goodreads. This is one of my favorite books and i want to get more people interested in this wonderful novel. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Close in tone and audience to napolis bound, this powerful survival story invents a backstory for melkorka, a character in a major icelandic. Her novel zel was named an american bookseller pick of the lists, a publishers weekly best book, a bulletin blue ribbon, and a school library journal best book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ala best books. Melkorka is an irish princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom but this all changes the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medi. The book depicts the world of the slave trade around the year 900 in ireland. An irish princess tale e book donna jo napoli storytel. Simon and schuster, oct 21, 2008 juvenile fiction 368 pages. Read hush online by donna jo napoli books free 30day trial.
Original title isbn 9780689861765 published on 200711. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2007, and was written by donna jo napoli. Fifteen yearold melkorka, a princess from the kingdom of downpatrick in. Her novel zel was named an american bookseller pick of the lists, a publishers weekly best book, a bulletin blue ribbon, and a school library journal best book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ala best. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 320 pages and is available in hardcover format. Hush by donna jo napoli an irish princess is kidnapped and sold into slavery in. Fifteenyearold melkorka, an irish princess, is kidnapped by russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive, but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted. These two books are linked, companions of one another. Hush by donna jo napoli is a memorizing retelling of an irish princess silent existence as a captive aboard a scandinavian ship. Donna jo napoli is the acclaimed and awardwinning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the golden kite award for stones in water in 1997. An irish princess tale by author donna jo napoli in pdf epub.