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FOR THE LOVE OF STRANGERS by Jacqueline Horsfall

February 22nd, 2011 by Jacqueline Horsfall · Email post Email post · Print Print

  • Publication Season/Year: Fall 2010]
  • Publisher: Leap Books
  • Release Date: October 2010
  • ISBN (hardcover):
  • ISBN (paperback): 978-1-61603-003-2
For the Love of Strangers puts a new spin on the classic hero-savior myth as 16-year-old Darya realizes that she is descended from a line of Russian deer-women who reincarnate over eons. Whitetail deer follow her. She talks to them, meets them in the most unlikely places, unaware that she is one of them. From Neolithic caves to the safety of a modern-day women’s shelter, Darya’s cycle of rebirths sweep her closer to her destiny: to save a wild species from extermination… Continue reading

Categories: 2010 Fall · Adoption · Contemporary · Horsfall, Jacqueline · Leap Books · Local · Mystery · Mythology · National · New York · Non-debut · Physical Abuse · Rated PG · Stand-alone · Young Adult