num_pages: 309
description: Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in mediæval Ireland -- but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never known, alongside people that her former country's laws regarded as less than human, Melkorka is forced to learn quickly how to survive. Taking a vow of silence, however, she finds herself an object of fascination to her captors and masters, and soon realizes that any power, no matter how little, can make a difference.Based on an ancient Icelandic saga, award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli has crafted a heartbreaking story of a young girl who must learn to forget all that she knows and carve out a place for herself in a new world -- all without speaking a word.
language: English
title: Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale
titlecomplete: Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale
genres: Fiction, Historical, Ireland, Adventure, Teen, Young Adult, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 4377
series: Hush
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers