num_pages: 384
description: THE RED TENT meets GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING in the profoundly moving tale of a young woman who survives the flood as a stowaway on Noah's Ark."And every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth..."When ReJana and her family reach the desert plain where the great ship is being constructed, the world has already begun to change. The waters are rising everywhere, and both people and animals are beginning to panic. This is the dramatic story of the weeks and months that follow, as the rain transforms the earth and the people come to understand the magnitude of the disaster. This is the story of one girl who stows away on the ark for love of Ham, Noah's son. This is her story of survival.
language: English
title: In the Shadow of the Ark
titlecomplete: In the Shadow of the Ark
genres: Biblical Fiction, Historical Fiction, Retellings, Young Adult, Literature, Historical, Fiction, Biblical, Christian Fiction, Religion
ratings_count: 739
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Gouden Zoen
publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books