When twelve-year-old Saba and her older brother are kidnapped and taken from their rural home to the royal palace at Gondar. Saba finally learns about her long-lost parents -- and her own royal past. With Ethiopia's rulers in the midst of a fierce struggle for control of the throne, what can the King of Kings -- Emperor Yohannes III -- possibly want with her? Book jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book was a little confusing to me, but I still liked it. It's about this African girl who was kidnapped along with her brother, and taken to a palace, where she learns a big family secret.
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The theme of this book is many things. The book starts out where she's from and her family, giving a backgorund of the character. Then it fades into her being kidnapped and trying to figure out how to get home. After that, she finds out that she's really part of a royal family. I'm not going to give away the ending, though. The main character's name is, as the title states, Saba. She lives in Ethiopia with her grandmother...
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Saba Under the Hyena's Foot By Kurtz Historical Fiction Character Motivation By Jamie (age 9) "I turned to flee. Out of nowhere hands grabbed me." This book is about twelve year old Saba and how she found out she was royalty. But when she did find out mean Empress Menen tried to get rid of Saba by marrying her to a prince. But Saba has one week to find her brother and escape. Will Saba do it? How? Reed the book...
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Twelve-year-old Saba is a regular girl living in the country of Ethopia in 1846. Like any regular girl she has a brother, Mesfin, and a strict grandmother whom she adores greatly. Everything is well for her until she and her brother disobey and venture out of their home, where they are kidnapped and brought to the royal palace. It is there that Saba finally learns of her true identity. At first, Saba, keenly unaware of the...
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