A Single Light (1968)

by Maia Wojciechowska

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A deaf and dumb girl growing up in a small Spanish village finds in the church a priceless statue of the Christ Child which becomes the one thing that will not reject her affection.

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Book set in Andalusia in which "a deaf and dumb girl finds a priceless statue in a church." I have not read it. I inherited it from my mother. Its author is a woman from Poland (later living in New York) who won the Newberry Award for another book, Shadow of a Bull.

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Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee – 1969-1970)

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1968

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Andalusia, Spain

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Until she was fifteen she was more an animal than a human being.

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A deaf and dumb girl growing up in a small Spanish village finds in the church a priceless statue of the Christ Child which becomes the one thing that will not reject her affection.

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In the poor village of Almas in Andalucia, a deaf and dumb girl finds a priceless statue in the local church. Treated all her life like an animal, the discovery of the statue changes both her life and the lives of the villagers.

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