The Ninth Day
Published on 1. November 2013
168 pages
978-1-932010-66-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this companion novel following the Oregon Book Award-winning Blue Thread, Ruth Tenzer Feldman once again weaves a tale full of history, culture, and fantasy. Hope Friis has struggled with a severe stutter her entire life. As the 1960s Free Speech Movement gains ground in her hometown of Berkeley, California, Hope embarks on a journey back in time?guided by her time-traveling ancestor, Serakh?to the city of Paris, circa 1099 A.D. Her mission: to save the newborn son of the young woman, Dolcette, and find the courage to become a young woman of strength and conviction.
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Person
Ruth Tenzer Feldman is the award winning author of Blue Thread, which won the 2013 Oregon Book Award in Young Adult Literature. Blue Thread was nominated for a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award and selected for the Amelia Bloomer Project's annual list of feminist literature for young women. Ruth has also written several nonfiction books for children and young adults. She holds degrees in both law and international relations and has spent time working as a legislative attorney for the U.S. Department of Education. An active member of local Jewish organizations and historical societies, Ruth is currently a full-time author and resides in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and dog.
Content
- The Ninth Day
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- The First Day
- Prologue
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- The Second Day
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- The Third Day
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- The Fourth Day
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-One
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- The Fifth Day
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- The Sixth Day
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- Chapter Thirty
- Chapter Thirty-One
- The Seventh Day
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- The Eighth Day
- Chapter Thirty-Three
- Chapter Thirty-Four
- Chapter Thirty-Five
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- Chapter Thirty-Seven
- Chapter Thirty-Eight
- The Ninth Day
- Chapter Thirty-Nine
- Chapter Forty
- Chapter Forty-One
- Chapter Forty-Two
- Chapter Forty-Three
- Chapter Forty-Four
- Chapter Forty-Five
- Chapter Forty-Six
- Chapter Forty-Seven
- Chapter Forty-Eight
- Author's Note
- Questions about The Ninth Day
- Ooligan Credits
- Copyright
