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The Language of Fire is a lyrical, dark, and moving look at the life of Joan of Arc, who as a teen girl in the fifteenth century commanded an army and helped crown a king of France. This extraordinary verse novel from award-winning author Stephanie Hemphill dares to imagine how an ordinary girl became a great leader, and ultimately saved a nation. Jehanne was an illiterate peasant, never quite at home among her siblings and peers. Until one day, she hears a voice call to her, telling her she is destined for important things. She begins to understand that she has been called by God, chosen for a higher purpose--to save France. Through sheer determination and incredible courage, Jehanne becomes the unlikeliest of heroes. She runs away from home, dresses in men's clothes, and convinces an army that she will lead France to victory. As a girl in a man's world, at a time when women truly had no power, Jehanne faced constant threats and violence from the men around her. Despite the impossible odds, Jehanne became a fearless warrior who has inspired generations.

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Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A . . . riveting portrait of the artist as a young woman. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: An ideal companion piece for teens studying the original classic...Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor Book Your Own, Sylvia (2007), manages to plumb from it her own vein of riches. --Booklist Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life...Readers will identify the parallels between the creation of a monster and the creation of her famous book. --School Library Journal Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A gripping story --Publishers Weekly Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An atmospheric tale. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for WICKED GIRLS: In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths. --Booklist (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative. --School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A . . . riveting portrait of the artist as a young woman. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: An ideal companion piece for teens studying the original classic...Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor Book Your Own, Sylvia (2007), manages to plumb from it her own vein of riches. --Booklist Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An atmospheric tale. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life...Readers will identify the parallels between the creation of a monster and the creation of her famous book. --School Library Journal Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A gripping story --Publishers Weekly Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative. --School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths. --Booklist (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: An ideal companion piece for teens studying the original classic...Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor Book Your Own, Sylvia (2007), manages to plumb from it her own vein of riches. --Booklist Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A . . . riveting portrait of the artist as a young woman. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life...Readers will identify the parallels between the creation of a monster and the creation of her famous book. --School Library Journal Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A gripping story --Publishers Weekly Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An atmospheric tale. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative. --School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths. --Booklist (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: An ideal companion piece for teens studying the original classic...Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor Book Your Own, Sylvia (2007), manages to plumb from it her own vein of riches. --Booklist Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An atmospheric tale. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A . . . riveting portrait of the artist as a young woman. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life...Readers will identify the parallels between the creation of a monster and the creation of her famous book. --School Library Journal Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A gripping story --Publishers Weekly Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative. --School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths. --Booklist (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A . . . riveting portrait of the artist as a young woman. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: This present-tense novel in verse provides an intimate glimpse into Mary's life...Readers will identify the parallels between the creation of a monster and the creation of her famous book. --School Library Journal Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: An ideal companion piece for teens studying the original classic...Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor Book Your Own, Sylvia (2007), manages to plumb from it her own vein of riches. --Booklist Praise for HIDEOUS LOVE: A gripping story --Publishers Weekly Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An atmospheric tale. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative. --School Library Journal (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths. --Booklist (starred review) Praise for WICKED GIRLS: The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Stephanie Hemphill is the award-winning author of Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein; Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Sisters of Glass; and Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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