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To the Bone
Alena Bruzas
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Rocky Pond Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-61620-8
Keywords: Historical Fiction-Domestic Abuse, LGBTQ, Indentured Servants, Jamestown, Virginia, Cannibalism, Virginia History Colonial Period
Ellis arrives in Jamestown glad to leave her poverty behind, but life in the colonial settlement is so much more grim than she expected. Author's note. Mature content