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    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France: Educational Version
    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France: Educational Version
    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France: Educational Version
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    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France: Educational Version

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    Joan of Arc was a young farm girl who claimed to have heard the voices of saints. She led an army in many battles to drive the English out of France and put the rightful King on the throne.
    After she was captured, the King and the armies did nothing to help her. She was sold to the English and put on trial for crimes against the Church. Joan was convicted and burned at the stake.
    She was nineteen years old when she died.

    Find out about the life of this girl who fought for France against the English, and was burned at the stake for wearing men's pants!

    Ages 8 and up.

    Educational Versions have CCSS Activities.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateSep 25, 2013
    ISBN9781301054053
    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France: Educational Version
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    Jeannie Meekins

    Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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    Joan of Arc - Jeannie Meekins

    Joan of Arc:

    The Girl Who Fought For France

    Written by Jeannie Meekins

    A LearningIsland.com

    15 - Minute Book

    Editor: Caitlind Alexander

    Title page picture 1505 painting, artist unknown

    Smashwords Edition

    (c) Copyright 2013. Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

    Published by LearningIsland.com.

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    Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Fought For France / Jeannie Meekins

    Summary: Biography of Joan of Arc, the girl who led an army in fighting for France against the English.

    1. Biography. Juvenile Literature. 2. Catholicism. Juvenile Literature.

    Words: 2132

    Reading Level: 6.8

    Ages 8 and up

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    About the Author

    JOAN OF ARC

    Joan of Arc was a young farm girl who claimed to have heard the voices of saints. She led an army in many battles to drive the English out of France and put the rightful King on the throne.

    After she was captured, the King and the armies did nothing to help her. She was sold to the English and put on trial for crimes against the Church. Joan was convicted and burned at the stake.

    She was nineteen years old when she died.

    The house where Joan was born (Thiemo Gamma, Schweiz)

    Early Life

    Joan of Arc (or Jeanne d'Arc as she was named in French) was born in the small village of Domremy, in north east France, on January 6, 1412. Her parents were Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romee. She had one sister and three brothers.

    Her family were peasants and owned a farm.

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