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Alina: A Song for the Telling

Malve von Hassell

In this coming-of-age novel set in the 12th century, Alina, an aspiring musician from Provence, and her brother embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to pray for their father’s soul and to escape from their aunt and uncle’s strictures. Their journey east takes them through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem, where Alina is embroiled in political intrigue, theft, and murder, and finds her voice.

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Book Details

Genre:

Adventure
Historical Fiction

Age Level:

12 and up

Alina: A Song for the Telling review by CyThatcher89

CyThatcher89

Alina: A Song for the Telling by Malve von Hassell is a historical fiction novel that follows Alina, a young Christian noblewoman, as she travels to Jerusalem. The story begins tragically, with Alina’s father found dead in the pond near their home in Provence. Alina’s mother and sister passed away just months before due to an illness. Alina and her brother, Milos, who are only fourteen and fifteen, are the only ones left.