SPIDER'S VOICE
Gloria Skurzynski, . . S&S/Aladdin, $4.99 (, $4.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-689-84208-5
. In a starred review of this story of the doomed 12th-century lovers, Abelard and Heloise,
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Reviewed on: 05/14/2001
Genre: Children's
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