The Laughing Princess of the Desert: The Diary of Sarah's Traveling Companion Canaan, 2091-2066 BC (Promised Land Diaries) [Hardcover]

Anne Tyra Adams (Author), Dennis Edwards (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Promised Land Diaries (Book 2)

Told through intimate diary entries, this historical fiction series unfurls the extraordinary sagas of the Bible's best-known characters through the eyes of ordinary girls.

In The Laughing Princess of the Desert, the second book of The Promised Land Diaries,
Rhoda is orphaned and brought into Abram's household to help his beautiful wife, Sarai. Getting used to the nomadic life of camels and goat-hair tents, Rhoda must exercise courage as she serves the remarkable woman who will one day become matriarch of the Jews.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Anne Tyra Adams lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and is the author of several childrenís books, including The Baker Book of Bible Facts.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Baker Books (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801045231
• ISBN-13: 978-0801045233
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,556,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good historical fiction set in Biblical times., October 26, 2004

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This review is from: The Laughing Princess of the Desert: The Diary of Sarah's Traveling Companion Canaan, 2091-2066 BC (Promised Land Diaries) (Hardcover)

This is the second book in The Promised Land Diaries series. This series is set in Biblical times and uses a diary format to tell the stories of fictional young girls who encounter notable women of the Bible.

Rhoda begins her diary when she is seven years old in the year 2091 BC, as she is about to leave her home of Haran. Her parents are dead, and her older brother, fifteen-year-old Javen, is not yet old enough to provide for Rhoda and their little brother, four-year-old Dibri. The three siblings join the household of Abram and Sarai, who follow the same new belief in one god as Rhoda's father did. As Rhoda struggles to adjust to her new nomadic life, she takes an almost instant liking to Sarai, who is like a mother to all the children in her household, having never been blessed with a child of her own. As Rhoda grows up, she describes in her diary her own struggles as she becomes a young woman, the places she travels, as well as the story of Sarai and Abram, who later become Sarah and Abraham.

This book can be enjoyed by young readers interested in a more personal retelling of this Bible story from a young girl's point of view, as well as those who enjoy historical fiction about ancient times, as it contains many details of what life was like for the nomadic people of the desert four thousand years ago.

5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter enjoyed it, January 15, 2012

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Dana Cooper - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Laughing Princess of the Desert: The Diary of Sarah's Traveling Companion Canaan, 2091-2066 BC (Promised Land Diaries) (Hardcover)

Daughter, age 10, really enjoyed this easy read. We homeschool and it added to our study of Sarah and Abraham.