Fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, a Jewish girl disguises herself and signs on as a ship’s boy, little knowing that she is headed for unknown ...
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Feb 28, 2010
Rebecca
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Sixteen-year-old Esther watched in horror as her father was led away to be burned at the stake. For the year was 1492, the place Spain, the Inquisition was determined to cleanse the country of all non-Christians, and Esther and her father were Jewish. Through a bribe, Esther obtains a place on the Santa Maria, under the alliance of Pedro, a Christian boy. Esther doesn't know where the ship is going and she doesn't care. All she wants is to get as far away from Spain as possible. At every moment,
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Oct 22, 2011
Zahra
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A truly terrible book. Read it for a book report and it took me the entire Summer to read it since I kept putting it off. Don't waste your time. Unless you are a total history lover, Freedom Beyond the Sea is not worth your attention. A sixteen year old falls in love with Christopher Columbus who is 40 YEARS OLD. Waldtraut Lewin, what was wrong with you? Very awkward and slow-moving. I don't think I'll be reading anymore of her books.
Dec 17, 2009
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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Odd novel about a Jewish girl who hires aboard Columbus' ship as his ships' boy. Presents the theory that Columbus was really Jewish and that his real reason for sailing westward was to find a new homeland for the Jews. See Simon Wiesenthal's book on this.
Jan 21, 2010
oliviasbooks
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A girl in boy's clothes fleeing the Spanish Inquisition on Christopher Columbus's ship. Intriguing and detailed.
Mar 27, 2011
Anna
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I was a little surprised at some of the content due to the fact that this was a teen fiction book. But it was interesting.
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