Honey Bea (Jump At The Sun) - Hardcover

Siegelson, Kim L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786808535 ISBN 13: 9780786808533

Publisher: Jump At The Sun, 2006

Synopsis

After turning thirteen, life on the Louisiana plantation for young Beatrice becomes difficult and confusing when her master starts showing her special attention, certain secrets about her past come to the surface, and strange things begin taking place all around her.

About this title

About the Author:

Kim L. Siegelson, a native of Georgia, was the first recipient of the Center for Multicultural Children's Literature Writing Award. Her most recent book, In the Time of the Drums,won the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.

From Booklist:

Gr. 7-10. Weaving strands of fairy tales, voudon, slave stories, and African myth, Siegelson crafts a mesmerizing tale heavy with the scent of honey and flowers and rooted in Louisiana soil. Beatrice is a slave born with the green eyes of her mother and raised by her grandmother's twin, Tante Abeille, who knows secrets about the girl's past and future. At 13, Beatrice rebels against her aunt's wishes (and her own troubling dreams) and enters the master's house, where Monsieur Reynard's books entrance her. Her broken silver locket with a bee clasp signifies both the blood ties between Beatrice and Reynard and the lore of the bees, whose honey-laced magic averts disaster in an explosive climax. An unusual, lush new voice in the tradition of magic realism, Siegelson blends ancestral voices; elements of fairy lore, including Briar Rose and Cinderella; and intoxicating language: "Beatrice knew true sweetness. On her tongue, it tasted like freedom." GraceAnne DeCandido
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About this edition

• Publisher: Jump At The Sun
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786808535
• ISBN 13: 9780786808533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288