The Road to DamiettaHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 M10 25 - 318 pages The Newbury Award-winning author delivers “what may be his finest novel” in this young adult narrative of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Fifth Crusade (Publishers Weekly). Rich in the atmosphere of thirteenth-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers a fascinating new perspective on the man who became Saint Francis of Assisi: the guileless, joyous man who praised the oneness of nature and sought to bring the world into harmony. Thirteen-year-old Ricca di Montanaro, who secretly loves the young Francis, watches in awe as he disavows his rich father and declares himself a servant of Christ. Following him on his journey, Ricca recounts Francis’s attempt to bring peace amidst the bloodshed of the Fifth Crusade. “Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace,” he said. “Where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” And so he set off on the road to Damietta… |
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... Patrice Kindl Not As Crazy As I Seem by George Harrar Story for a Black Night by Clayton Bess Zazoo by Richard Mosher CHECK OUT GRAPHIABOOKS.COM Copyright © 1985 by Scott O'Dell All rights reserved. No Other Graphia Titles.
... Patrice Kindl Not As Crazy As I Seem by George Harrar Story for a Black Night by Clayton Bess Zazoo by Richard Mosher CHECK OUT GRAPHIABOOKS.COM Copyright © 1985 by Scott O'Dell All rights reserved. No Other Graphia Titles.
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... night Raul and I stood on the balcony above San Rufino Square, watching the skies for the serpent star. Raul had brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and ...
... night Raul and I stood on the balcony above San Rufino Square, watching the skies for the serpent star. Raul had brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and ...
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... night, it would look much different." "Like two footprints." "Remember, that seer Yakub made his prediction more than a hundred years ago." "Perhaps the serpent is worn down from all its travels. But Yakub says here in his notes that it ...
... night, it would look much different." "Like two footprints." "Remember, that seer Yakub made his prediction more than a hundred years ago." "Perhaps the serpent is worn down from all its travels. But Yakub says here in his notes that it ...
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... night when we hurried through the streets to the cathedral, wrapped in our heavy cloaks, everyone twittering like birds, except me. The thought of Francis clad in a bishop's fine vestments, of possibly touching the hem of his robe ...
... night when we hurried through the streets to the cathedral, wrapped in our heavy cloaks, everyone twittering like birds, except me. The thought of Francis clad in a bishop's fine vestments, of possibly touching the hem of his robe ...
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... night. "In my heart You are lockedforever And the golden key is lost." I tried to think of a word to say in reply. If a word had come to me, I could not have said it, yet I did not faint. I held my breath and clung with both my hands to ...
... night. "In my heart You are lockedforever And the golden key is lost." I tried to think of a word to say in reply. If a word had come to me, I could not have said it, yet I did not faint. I held my breath and clung with both my hands to ...
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