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When her adoptive mother dies, Katherine Bab takes the chance she has been waiting for her whole life: she moves from her country village to London, to uncover the secret of who she really is. Before long, Kat has become the favorite of Queen Elizabeth herself, and rumors are swirling-could... read more

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  • “T"here are no secrets in a house of girls."”
    Grace Bab
  • “"When a wolf appears at Blackchurch Cottage, we must prepare the winding sheets, for a death is near."”
    Grace Bab
  • “"No one wanted you. But I did."”
    Grace Bab
  • “"There is always a price to pay when one is given something costly."”
    Grace Bab
  • “When she sines, we all bask in her happiness, but when the thunderstorms come in. let me warn you, find a faraway hiding hole."”
    Dorothy Broadbelt speaking of Queen ELizabeth
  • “When I was a child, Grace hid my hair under a child's coif, hoping by taming it, she'd tame me. "Spirit" she called me, for I was like the wild heather on Woeful Downs. I was only allowed to remove the linen whe bathing at the creek. One morning, someone saw my hair released from its binding, and soon it was known in the village that I had the ahir of a she-demon. "Who shall have you, girl?" Grace had proclaimed them."”
    Katherine Bab

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England in the Elizabethan Age

First Sentence edit see section history

I know what I saw that day in Humblebee Wood, aye, I do, and it was no dream.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Suzanne Carlisle Crowley (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Country: The United States of America
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780061232008
Page Count: 406

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