Title Miranda going home / Eleanor Spence

Published Melbourne : Dove Communications, [1985] ©1985

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	J Spe		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Spence Ele/Mgh		LIB USE ONLY

Description 118 pages : maps ; 25 cm Summary When thirteen-year-old Miranda's parents die she is sent to love with her strict Jewish grandparents in Palestine at the time of the Roman occupation. Separated from her grandparents during the Roman attack on Sapphoris, Miranda and the baby she rescued find shelter with Jeshua and his family in Nazareth. There she learns kinship with the Jewish faith and to cope with the racial and religious prejudices of the era Notes For children Maps on lining papers Audience For 9-14 year old children Notes Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, 1986 shortlist Subject Jesus Christ -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Bible -- Antiquities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013580 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Subject Antisemitism -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories, Australian. Children's stories. Families -- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction. Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Jewish refugees -- Juvenile fiction. Jews -- Civilization -- To 70 A.D. -- Juvenile fiction. Racism -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Palestine -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097166 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097167 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. anb85924397 ISBN 0859243974

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