Books like Saba by Jane Kurtz
In the Girls of Many Lands series, Jane Kurtz’s historical novel follows twelve‑year‑old Saba after she is kidnapped and taken to the emperor’s palace in Gondar, Ethiopia. There she discovers that she and her brother are being used as pawns in the emperor’s effort to consolidate political power during the 1840s.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jane Kurtz
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