The Passion of Dolssa

By Julie Berry,

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The Printz Honor winner that garnered five starred reviews and was hailed by the New York Times as "magnificent"!

Dolssa is an upper-crust city girl who's been branded a heretic, on the run from the friar who condemned her mother to death by fire and wants Dolssa executed, too. Botilleā€¦

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1 author picked The Passion of Dolssa as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A healer and a matchmaker cross paths in 12th century France, andā€¦.zzzzzzz, right? Or so I thought, until I tried this Printz honor book, a piece of gorgeously written historical fiction that turned out to be a complete page-turner and attention-grabbing thriller. Iā€™m a big TV watcher, so when I say that I was turning off the TV at night to spend more time with this book, you can take that as a 5+ star review. Itā€™s one of my favorite YAs, and for what itā€™s worth, could just as easily have been shelved as an adult title. 

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