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Marc Notes: A Paula Wiseman book.; Companion book to: Hush.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-372).; When a marauding slave ship captures her sister, Melkorka, eight-year-old Brigid is lost at sea but survives, disguised as a boy, and sets out to rescue Melkorka, and as the years pass she becomes a woman, reputed to be fierce enough to conquer a man, but desirous only of reuniting with her family.;012 up. Publisher Marketing: A young girl must learn to survive and find her family against all odds in this heartbreaking companion to "Hush" from award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli. Lost at sea when her sister is taken captive on a marauding slave ship, Brigid is far removed from the only life she knew as a princess and the pampered daughter of an Irish king. Now Brigid has few choices. Alone and abandoned, she disguises herself as a boy and vows to find her innocent sister taken into slavery. Through her search many years pass and she grows from being a child to a woman, tough Brigid does not give up. She lives from the land, meets friend and foe along the way, and gains a reputation as a woman thought to be fierce enough to conquer men. It is not fierceness that guides her but the love of isster and the longing for her family to be united. One day she finds her way, knowing that her only real power comes from within herself. Based on the legend of the first Norse woman pirate, award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli has told a remarkable survival story spanning years and continents and one that transports and transforms readers. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/13/2014 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 121 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 45 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 87 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 (EAN 9781442483002, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Napoli, Donna Jo Donna Jo Napoli is the author of more than fifty books for children, including many picture books and novels for tweens and teens. Some of her most popular books are Zel, Beast, Ugly, Bound, and Stones in Water. Donna Jo lives in Pennsylvania with her family.