Thursday, October 30, 2008

Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale


Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli

Such great potential. I liked the bare-bones of it, an Icelandic tale of a slave who didn't speak until they found her speaking Gaelic to her son. She then told them that she had been an Irish princess. I liked the idea of telling the story of how she got to be in Iceland and why she refused to speak. But, the telling of it was rather passive. Even the potentially exciting parts the kidnapping, the rape, being sold, the storm seemed rather rather dull. There are some good discussion topics such as the slave trade.

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