![]() ![]() Though the ending may strike some as too easy, this is an intriguing portrayal of an ancient way of life, and Wise Child is an engaging heroine. Juniper by Monica Furlong l Summary & Study Guide by BookRags 2.5 eBook 9.99 Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. Self-realization enables Wise Child to save both herself and Juniper in an exciting climax. Her evil awakens the real power of Wise Child as well as the superstitions of the village, rendering the trial of Juniper for witchcraft inevitable. ![]() This delicate balance is destroyed by the coming of Maeve, Wise Child's mother, who had abandoned her. Monica Furlong 47 Paperback 13 offers from 21.95 Hild: A Novel Nicola Griffith 623 Paperback 111 offers from 1.46 Visions & Longings: Medieval Women Mystics Monica Furlong 8 Hardcover 19 offers from 9. ![]() Wise Child manages to live between the Churchrepresented by the grim village priestand the witchcraft that Juniper would have her learn. First published in the early 1990s, Juniper has the hallmarks of many childrens fantasy novels published around that time - there is a distinct good matched against a distinct evil, a straightforward plot with few detours, a certain clarity of focus leading to a conclusion that many readers of more recent fantasy may see as predictable. Under Juniper's kind but stern tutelage, Wise Child thrives, learning herb lore, reading and basic survival in those difficult times. Orphaned by the death of her grandmother and her sailor-father's disappearance, Wise Child chooses to become the ward of Juniper, the village wisewoman who is healer, midwife and witch. In this exciting, well-written fantasy, the setting (Britain in the Dark Ages) is as much a character as Wise Child and her guardian Juniper. ![]()
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