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Rebecca Barnhouse

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Reading was like breathing to Rebecca when she was growing up. It still is. She loved the Little House books, and fought with her brother over books in the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series. Later, she discovered science fiction and fantasy, from The Lord of the Rings to Arthur C. Clarke to Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea series, and many, many other books she and her best friend shared. They still do.

Rebecca first encountered The Book of Margery Kempe during graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and medieval literature written in Old and Middle English, Old Norse, and other fascinating languages.

A native of Vero Beach, Florida, she now lives in Ohio, wher...more

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Books by Rebecca Barnhouse

Average rating: 3.63 · 383 ratings · 139 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Book of the Maidservant 3.51 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Coming of the Dragon 3.71 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Peaceweaver 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Book of the Knight of the Tower: Manners for Young Medieval Women 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Recasting the Past: The Middle Ages in Young Adult Literature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Middle Ages in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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“If a woman tells a man the god favor him, everybody says she's far-minded.' The broom halted mid-sweep and the slave turned to Hild. 'But let a woman do what the gods tell her, without asking a man's permission first? Then she's possessed.' Unwen punctuated her words with her broom, jabbing it into the corner.”
― Rebecca Barnhouse, Peaceweaver

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What second pick for a Newbery Honor?

(I tried to include all the books we have read, along with the books mentioned on our "the others good and up" thread, and a few on the Newbery 2010 list on goodreads. If, however, I have not included a book you want to vote for just send me a message or write a comment. I will add it to the list.)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

6 votes 18.2%

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

6 votes 18.2%

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

6 votes 18.2%

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

4 votes 12.1%

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

2 votes 6.1%

Wild Things by Clay Carmichael

2 votes 6.1%