Fourteen-year-old Mitra, of royal Persian lineage, and her 5-year-old brother, Babak, whose dreams foretell the future, flee for their lives in the company of the magus Melchoir and two other Zoroastrian priests, traveling through Persia as they follow star signs leading to a newly-born king in Bethlehem.
Related: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Iran, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780689850424
- Author: Fletcher, Susan
- Published: 2006
- Themes: Dreams, History, Religion, Royalty
- Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Iran, Young Adult (ages 14-18)