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The Reading Teacher called the book a "well written, engaging addition to the Dear America series." [3] Writing in the Western Journal of Black Studies, Nancy J. Dawson praised the fact that "it by no means sugarcoats the ugly-harsh realities of slavery," and concluded that it is "a significant and eloquent work of juvenile fiction." [1]
In the same book I found a description of the activities of one Matthew Hopkins, Witch Finder, at work in the English Civil War period. At about this time, I also read a book about shamanism , and it suddenly occurred to me that the beliefs and skills which would have condemned a woman to death in one society would have been revered in another.
Sidonia von Borcke (1548–1620) was a Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft in the city of Stettin (today Szczecin, Poland).In posthumous legends, she is depicted as a femme fatale, and she has entered English literature as Sidonia the Sorceress.
Gillian Holroyd (Bell, Book and Candle) Queenie Holroyd (Bell, Book and Candle) Rolanda Hooch (Harry Potter) Mafalda Hopkirk (Harry Potter) Cynthia Horrocks (The New Worst Witch) Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble (The New Worst Witch) Mildred Hubble (The Worst Witch) Cassie Hughes ; Bonnie Hyper ; I. Icy ; Indigo (Sofia the First)
Pompeii: The Diary of Claudia, Pompeii, AD 78 by Sue Reid (2008) My Tudor Queen: The Diary of Eva De Puebla, London, 1501 by Alison Prince (2001) Catherine of Aragon (re-released 2010) Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London, 1525 by Alison Prince (2005) Anne Boleyn and Me: A Tudor Girl's Diary, London, 1525 (re-released 2010)
Polgara the Sorceress begins with Ce'Nedra entreating Polgara to write a book about her life, filling in the gaps left by her father's story, Belgarath the Sorcerer.The main part of the story thus begins, revealing that Polgara and her twin sister Beldaran were raised by their adoptive uncles, the deformed Beldin and the twin sorcerers Beltira and Belkira (all disciples of Aldur, like ...
The New Diary: How to use a journal for self-guidance and expanded creativity by Tristine Rainer, 1978. The Creative Journal: The art of finding yourself by Lucia Capacchione, 1979*' Ariadne's Thread: A collection of contemporary women's journals, edited by Lyn Lifshin, 1982. A Book of One's Own: People and their diaries by Thomas Mallon, 1984.
Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun) Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol) The Diary of a Nobody; Diary of a Spider; Diary of a Teenage Girl; Diary of a Wombat; Diary of an Ordinary Woman; Diary of an Unborn Child; The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red; The Diary of Miss Idilia; Discworld Diary; Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Dork Diaries