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Alphabet of dreams /
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| Author |
Fletcher, Susan, 1951-
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| Call Number |
jFIC FLE |
| Publisher |
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, |
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Subject
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Jesus Christ -- Nativity -- Fiction.
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Princesses -- Fiction.
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Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
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Dreams -- Fiction.
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Zoroastrianism -- Fiction.
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Juvenile literature.
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Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Fiction.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2005036264-d.html |
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2005036264-s.html |
| Title Statement |
Alphabet of dreams / Susan Fletcher. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
294 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Target Audience |
Ages 12 up. |
| Notes |
"Ginee Seo Books." |
| Summary |
Fourteen-year-old Mitra, of royal Persian lineage, and her five-year-old brother Babak, whose dreams foretell the future, flee for their lives in the company of the magus Melchoir and two other Zoroastrian priests, traveling through Persia as they follow star signs leading to a newly-born king in Bethlehem. Includes historical notes. Mitra and her little brother, Babak, are beggars in the city of Rhagae, scratching out a living as best as they can with what they can beg for--or steal. But Mitra burns with hope and ambition, for she and Babak are not what they seem. They are of royal blood, but their father's ill-fated plot against the evil tyrant, King Phraates, has resulted in their father's death and their exile. Now disguised as a boy, Mitra has never given up believing they can rejoin what is left of their family and regain their rightful standing in the world. Then they discover that Babak has a strange gift: If he sleeps with an item belonging to someone, he can know that person's dreams. Mitra believes that they can use this gift to find passage back to the city of Palmyra and their remaining kinsmen. But soon Babak and his abilities come to the attention of a powerful Magus -- one who has read portents in the stars of the coming of a new king and the dawn of a new age. Soon Mitra and Babak find themselves on the road to Bethlehem. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292). |
| Awards Notes |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| ISBN |
0689850425 (hardcover) : |
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0689851529 (pbk.) |
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9780689850424 |
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9780689851520 (pbk.) |
| LCCN |
2005036264 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1065933 |
