Spider's Voice

by Gloria Skurzynski

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Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France's most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century.

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Author Gloria Skurzynski was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania in 1930. She was educated at Carlow University. She writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults.She is the author of more than sixty books for young readers. In 1992, her work Almost the Real Thing: Simulation in Your High-Tech World won the American Institute show more of Physics Science Writing Award. She writes the National Geographic National Parks series and the Virtual War Chronologs series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1999
People/Characters
Peter Abelard (1079-1142); Héloïse (as Eloise); Aran
Important places
France
Dedication
For Ed, for half a century and forever
First words
I have always been able to speak inside my head, but not with my tongue.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"It was," I answered. "You know that it was."

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Teen, Tween, Children's Books, Young Adult
DDC/MDS
439LanguageGerman & related languagesOther Germanic languages
LCC
PZ7 .S6287 .SLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English
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Paper
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