Amber & Clay
"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy wor...
| Main Author: | Schlitz, Laura Amy (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Iredale, Julia (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto is a spoiled aristocrat, a girl as precious as amber but willful and wild. She'll marry and be tamed--the curse of all highborn girls--but risk her life for a season first to serve Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos--Amber and Clay--never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. But the thin line between life and death is just one boundary their unlikely friendship crosses."-- |
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| Physical Description: |
532 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-532). |
| ISBN: |
9781536201222 1536201227 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |