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    The Mark of the Hummingbird
    The Mark of the Hummingbird
    The Mark of the Hummingbird
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    The Mark of the Hummingbird

    By Jessica Gollub

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    Leona was born a survivor—one of the few sheltered in a prison that withstood the plummeting temperatures of the frozen days. Now, as the weather slowly warms, she struggles to understand a culture and society vastly different than the one created by her elders. Standing on the cusp of her seventeenth birthday, the day she will officially become a woman and eligible for marriage, the tiny world she had long since accepted suddenly seems stifling. Conflicts and curiosity propel her beyond the fences of her home into a barren and uncertain future, with one asset that just might keep her alive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJessica Gollub
    Release dateJan 14, 2014
    ISBN9780993638862
    The Mark of the Hummingbird
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    Jessica Gollub

    Jessica lives in Manitoba, Canada with her husband, two kids and nine chickens.

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