To Spoil the Sun

Kids, Teen, Social Issues, General Fiction, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book To Spoil the Sun by Joyce Rockwood, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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Author: Joyce Rockwood ISBN: 9781429937221
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Publication: September 1, 2003
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Language: English
Author: Joyce Rockwood
ISBN: 9781429937221
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication: September 1, 2003
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Language: English

A classic about the devastation of smallpox is back in hardcover after many years

"'You cannot imagine what it [smallpox] is like. It falls on everyone and soon there is no one who can stand. It is like a fire that sweeps through the town, an invisible fire. People begin to fall with fever, and blisters rise on their skin and turn to running sores, and there is no way to give them comfort.'

I reeled at the force of it, horror-struck, unable to imagine it."

It is the sixteenth century and Rain Dove, a young Cherokee girl, lives in Mulberry Town. If things continue the way they always have, she can look forward to choosing a husband (her grandmother advises picking a young warrior) and raising a family. But after smallpox strikes, life for the people of the Seven Clans will never be the same.

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A classic about the devastation of smallpox is back in hardcover after many years

"'You cannot imagine what it [smallpox] is like. It falls on everyone and soon there is no one who can stand. It is like a fire that sweeps through the town, an invisible fire. People begin to fall with fever, and blisters rise on their skin and turn to running sores, and there is no way to give them comfort.'

I reeled at the force of it, horror-struck, unable to imagine it."

It is the sixteenth century and Rain Dove, a young Cherokee girl, lives in Mulberry Town. If things continue the way they always have, she can look forward to choosing a husband (her grandmother advises picking a young warrior) and raising a family. But after smallpox strikes, life for the people of the Seven Clans will never be the same.

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