The star in the forest
Subtitle: a mystery of the Dark Ages
By: by Martha Bennett Stiles.
Publisher: Four Winds Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Gaul -- Fiction.; France -- History -- To 987 -- Fiction.
Description: Near the end of the sixth century, the daughter of a Gallic lord witnesses what she believes to be the murder of her brother and the beginning of a plot to usurp her father's title.School Library Journal starred review.
"One of the finest historical novels for young readers of the past 25 years..." Jane Yolen, Guide to Writing for Children, The Writer, Inc., 1989, p. 95