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A Novel
by Anna Lawrence Pietroni
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by Tiffany Baker
Published Jan 2010
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by Kathleen Kent
Published Oct 2009
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by Hannah Tinti
Published Aug 2009
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by Erika Mailman
Published Oct 2008
Read ReviewsIt is 1507. A friar arrives in Tierkinddorf, a remote German village nestled deeply in the woods. The village has been suffering a famine, but the friar promises he will identify the guilty woman - the witch - who has brought Gods anger upon the town; she will be burned, and bounty will be restored. But how quickly can she be found?
by Susanna Clarke
Published Sep 2005
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