02666cam a2200325 4500 526003676 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781536211788 1536211788 B07X8VX6BM Amazon 3b11d759-2bc8-4837-aa46-7b7a3b0a00da OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5087027 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Coats, J. Anderson. Spindle and Dagger [Libby]. Candlewick Press, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:<p><b>This rich literary novel follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the medieval Welsh warband that killed her family.</b></p> <p>Wales, 1109. Three years ago, a warband raided Elen's home. Her baby sister could not escape the flames. Her older sister fought back and almost killed the warband's leader, Owain ap Cadwgan, before being killed herself. Despite Elen's own sexual assault at the hands of the raiders, she saw a chance to live and took it. She healed Owain's wound and spun a lie: <i>Owain ap Cadwgan, son of the king of Powys, cannot be killed, not by blade nor blow nor poison. Owain ap Cadwgan has the protection of Saint Elen, as long as he keeps her namesake safe from harm and near him always</i>.</p> <p>For three years, Elen has had plenty of food, clothes to wear, and a bed to sleep in that she shares with the man who brought that warband to her door. Then Owain abducts Nest, the wife of a Norman lord, and her three children, triggering full-out war. As war rages, and her careful lies threaten to unravel, Elen begins to look to Nest and see a different life — if she can decide, once and for all, where her loyalties lie. J. Anderson Coats's evocative prose immerses the reader in a dark but ultimately affirming tale of power and survival.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3b11d759-2bc8-4837-aa46-7b7a3b0a00da&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3b11d759-2bc8-4837-aa46-7b7a3b0a00da&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3b11d759-2bc8-4837-aa46-7b7a3b0a00da&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)