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"Ouma, mother, eat my childhood. Make me beautiful and normal. Make me a woman." Having fled the tryrannical rule of her father, sixteen-year old Kat now lives among her monther's people -- a society that is joyful and caring, as well as conformist and bound by superstition. Kat has lived... read more

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First Sentence edit see section history

Noisy as starlings, the unmarried girls of Creek poured out of the north gate, their empty water jars on their heads.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 3 in The Seeker Chronicles. (standard series)

Preceded by Long Night Dance, and followed by Listening at the Gate.

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  1. Betsy James (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0525449515
Page Count: 180

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