Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth - Softcover

Clapp, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688109764 ISBN 13: 9780688109769

Publisher: HarperTeen, 1991

Synopsis

The Indians started some sort of rhythmic chanting, with a clapping of their hands to accent it, and I sat a little apart at, one of the fires listening. It was a strange sound that somehow sent my blood pulsing more quickly and made me wish I could stand up and dance round and round the fire, but this I knew would not be fitting. Of a sudden I was aware of someone beside me, and turning, saw Ted Leister easing himself down to the ground. I thought it best to say nothing of the disagreement he and t'other Ted had, so I spoke of the singing. "It nigh makes me giddy," I said. "'Tis not at all like English singing." "If it makes you giddy, lie back and close your eyes," Ted Leister told me. "'Twill soon pass." I did as he suggested, and I could feel the very earth under me throbbing from the beat and beat and beat of the voices and hands. My eyes were closed, but the dizziness got no better and I moved to sit up when I felt Ted's hand push me gently back again, and then he kissed me.

About this title

Review:

"An absorbing historical romance." -- -- Booklist

"Constance is an engaging, high-spirited heroine... A fine historical novel written with verve and fresh imagination." -- -- Horn Book

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperTeen
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0688109764
• ISBN 13: 9780688109769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256