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    Title
    The Wicked and the Just
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Jillian Anderson Coats, By (author) J Anderson Coats
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 352
    Width: 142 mm
    Height: 211 mm
    Thickness: 33 mm
    Weight: 454 g
    Audience
    Young adult
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780547688374
    ISBN 10: 0547688377
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: JUV001000
    BISAC category code: JUV014000
    Dewey: FIC
    BISAC category code: JUV016040
    BISAC category code: JUV039120
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: Y2.2
    BICMainSubject: YFC
    BIC subject category: YFT
    Edition
    1
    Publisher
    Harcourt Children's Books
    Imprint name
    Harcourt Children's Books
    Publication date
    17 April 2012
    Publication City/Country
    Boston, MA/US
    Main description
    Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales, where theking needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious Welshmen. At leastCecily will finally be the lady of the house.Gwenhwyfar knows all about that house. Once she dreamed of being the lady thereherself, until the English destroyed the lives of everyone she knows. Now she mustwait hand and foot on this bratty English girl.While Cecily struggles to find her place amongst the snobby English landowners,Gwenhwyfar struggles just to survive. And outside the city walls, tensions are risingever higher—until finally they must reach the breaking point.
    Review quote
    "I am gobsmacked by this astonishing story. This is a remarkable achievement, full of truth and compassion."--Karen Cushman, Newbery Medal-winning author of "The Midwife's Apprentice""" "Brilliant: a vision of history before the victors wrote it."--"Kirkus, "starred review"" "[An] unusually honest portrait of the effects of power...[Coats] offers us a potent historical novel."--"Horn Book, starred review" "This debut novel reverberates with detail, drama, and compassion."--"School Library Journal, "starred review "Coats's debut shifts gracefully between the two girls' perspectives, finding empathy for both."--"Publishers Weekly""A rich historical novel that challenges readers to think about universal ideas, such as true justice."--"VOYA" "[An] intriguing first novel...Coats' considerable research provides details of everyday life that ground this dark and sometimes brutal historical novel."--"Booklist"