· [4/4 stars] Wendy Orr's Dragonfly Song is a work of beauty. From the stunning cover to the mythological imagery and lyrical prose, readers are drawn in and carried along on an intense www.doorway.ru's language is gripping and enchanting, and Dragonfly Song would make a perfect read-aloud chapter book for middle grade www.doorway.ru Booktopia has The Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr. Buy a discounted Paperback of The Dragonfly Song online from Australia's leading online bookstore. COVID Update: Temporary disruption to deliveries More Info. Booktopia has The Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr. · Dragonfly Song, a middle-grade novel by Wendy Orr is set during the Bronze Age in the Aegean. Working with both archaeological evidence, research and her own.
dragonfly song by Wendy Orr ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 27, Orr (Nim's Island, , etc.) delivers a fantasy that follows an ill-fated girl's journey from abandoned to accepted. Readers familiar with Crete, Knossos, and the Minoan civilization will enjoy the intertwining of archaeological evidence from Minoan centres and Wendy Orr's interpretation of the ritual evidence left to us at these sites. Dragonfly Song is set in the Aegean Bronze Age but transcends time with themes of identity, belonging, bullying, and self-acceptance. Wendy Orr, the author of Nim's Island, introduces a resourceful and resilient heroine for slightly older readers. Inspired by an archeological trip to the island of Crete, where frescoes show figures leaping over the backs of bulls, Orr weaves an intriguing mythological portrayal of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization. Dragonfly Song.
Dragonfly Song is Wendy Orr’s latest novel and it is written in verse. Easy to read, this lyrical masterpiece is about a young girl in Bronze Age Minoan society. Easy to read, this lyrical masterpiece is about a young girl in Bronze Age Minoan society. Wendy Orr (Author): Aissa is an outcast who is actually the high priestess, the queen's www.doorway.ru, to some extent it is not exactly a retelling, but it jumps off the Theseus legend of Theseus being a sort of hidden son of the king, and that traditional thing of being the outcast and then coming into her own eventually. Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr is beautifully written and different: it is an historical novel set 4, years ago and written in prose and verse. The switch between verse and prose is seamless. A gripping story of a girl who must discover who she is and how to use her gifts as she is sent as tribute to another land.
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