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Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

Name: Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
Brand: Clarion Books
SKU: 9780547612188
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Contributors:

Gary D. Schmidt, David Diaz (Illustrator)

Publisher:

Clarion Books

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Juvenile Nonfiction

Book Subcategory:

Biography & Autobiography, History, Religious

Book Topic:

Religious, Central & South America, Christian

Series:

Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustration

Award:

2013 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustrator Award, 2013 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention - Children/Young Adult Award

Audience:

Ages 9-12

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Release Date:

2012-06-26

ISBN 13:

9780547612188

Weight:

0.88 lbs

Size:

10.74 x 9.30 x 0.55 inches

Pages:

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2013 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration

As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was accepted as a servant boy. But soon, the young man was performing miracles. Rumors began to fly around the city of a strange mulatto boy with healing hands, who gave first to the people of the barrios. Martin continued to serve in the church, until he was finally received by the Dominican Order, no longer called the worthless son of a slave, but rather a saint and the rose in the desert.

About the Author
Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars. Mr. Schmidt lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal and Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. Mr. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California.

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

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