![]() ![]() ![]() Meredith MacKeen is a teacher-Librarian at Souris Regional High School in Souris, Prince Edward Island The novel has possibilities as a read aloud for grades 5 to 7 and will appeal to independent readers willing to venture beyond contemporary settings. History teachers will appreciate the incidental description of the medieval way of life. English teachers will appreciate the irony and clever integration of the theme of wolves. The simple, direct style builds good suspense and the happy ending will please many. Would a Jewish boy survive raids, Ursula the advances of abusive men, and Bruno the trauma of battles to meet again in Cologne and find a purse of silver coins? Ursula mellows during the experiences but Bruno and her father remain one dimensional. The adventures along the route are an unending series of separations, massacres, starvation and violence, but all ends well.įor a novel which so realistically describes the crusades, the resolution of the plot seems unlikely. ![]() Her best friend Bruno is extremely critical of the crusade but ultimately joins Ursula. Her father rescues her from burning at the stake by taking her on the crusade, which is being led by the local count, a suspicious character. Ursula, a healer of both animals and people, is suspected of being a witch. Through all the trauma of life in medieval Europe, the two support each other and eventually marry when they return to Cologne. Ursula, a feisty young healer, along with her friend Bruno, reluctantly joins the First Crusade. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Well, The Thirteenth Chime was quiet an adventure to write and to get published. ![]() Please tell me a little about your novel. Once I started to see how many others book lovers were out there I didn’t feel as alone or like I needed to fight my constant need to write. I realize that a lot of the people who had been in my life hadn’t been interested in the same books as me or even reading as a whole, but now I have seen how many people there are out there who share that interest. Looking back, I don’t regret it in the slightest. I wasn’t used to the people around me reading and I was given guff for reading instead of going out and acting like every other child. It took me a long time to realize how much books could mean to others. My name is Emma Michaels and I am an author, book blogger ( ) and all around literature addict. 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