OLDER FICTION
Monahan, Hillary

The Hollow Girl

(2) YA Sixteen-year-old Welsh-Romani girl Bethan is raped and her non-Romani friend Martyn brutally beaten by the chieftan's son and four friends. To save Martyn and avenge the assault, wise woman Gran proposes a shocking spell requiring five blood sacrifices. Bethan's slow recovery is portrayed with sensitivity, and her righteous desire for retribution is tempered with an awareness of what she needs to heal her own soul.

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