Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in medieval Ireland, but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never known, alongside people that her former country’s laws regarded as less than human, Melkorka is forced to learn quickly how to survive. Taking a vow of silence, however, she finds herself an object of fascination to her captors and masters, and soon realizes that any power, no matter how little, can make a difference. Based on an ancient Icelandic saga, award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli has crafted a heartbreaking story of a young girl who must learn to forget all that she knows and carve out a place for herself in a new world — all without speaking a word.

Related: Europe, Historical Fiction, Iceland, Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780689861765
• Author: Napoli, Donna Jo
• Published: 2007, Atheneum
• Themes: Medieval, power, Survive
• Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Iceland, Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 320