num_pages: 181
description: Stunned by the blistering heat, the noise, the sea of faces crowding in upon her in the teeming Egyptian market, Angeline cannot believe that she is being sold as a slave to one of the great princes in Cairo. Only a short time ago she left her small village in France to follow Stephen, a shepherd boy whose vision led him to mount a children's Crusade to the Holy Land. But they were decieved by those who offered to help. Now it seems they are doomed to a life of slavery in a foreign land and even Stephen has lost all hope.Somehow, Angeline mist find the strength to survive, as well as to help Stephen overcome his despair. But first she must learn to understand and respect the ways of a culture so very different from her own.
language: English
title: Angeline
titlecomplete: Angeline
genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 127
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
publisher: HarperTrophy