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findthatbookI first read this book before 2000 (for sure by 2005), I think, in the USA. It had the feel of a book published in the 70s or 80s, *maybe* 90s, but I don't remember anything about the cover or title.
It was a children's book about a girl living on St. Kilda in what I want to say was around 1400s or 1500s? Could be 1300s or even earlier, but pretty sure it wasn't later than 1500s - had that "Middle Ages" kind of feel. The plot focused on the islanders being pagan and completely isolated (like, generally no visitors from anywhere at all), and the girl getting to know someone who came to the island and was a Christian, maybe an early missionary or something? I want to say he (I think it was a he!) died by the end of the book (maybe at the hands of the residents of the island, because he was challenging their pagan traditions) but she kept his Testament, but I could be wrong, those details are extremely fuzzy. I do remember she was trying to decide whether to follow Christianity, or something like that.
I've tried to find it but there are literally thousands of books that come up in Worldcat when searching for St. Kilda, even limiting by things like year, juvenile, and fiction. Does anyone remember reading a book like this? Thanks in advance to anyone attempting to help identify it! It's been at the back of my mind of years, lol.
It was a children's book about a girl living on St. Kilda in what I want to say was around 1400s or 1500s? Could be 1300s or even earlier, but pretty sure it wasn't later than 1500s - had that "Middle Ages" kind of feel. The plot focused on the islanders being pagan and completely isolated (like, generally no visitors from anywhere at all), and the girl getting to know someone who came to the island and was a Christian, maybe an early missionary or something? I want to say he (I think it was a he!) died by the end of the book (maybe at the hands of the residents of the island, because he was challenging their pagan traditions) but she kept his Testament, but I could be wrong, those details are extremely fuzzy. I do remember she was trying to decide whether to follow Christianity, or something like that.
I've tried to find it but there are literally thousands of books that come up in Worldcat when searching for St. Kilda, even limiting by things like year, juvenile, and fiction. Does anyone remember reading a book like this? Thanks in advance to anyone attempting to help identify it! It's been at the back of my mind of years, lol.