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Blood Water Paint
Contributor(s): McCullough, Joy (Author)

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ISBN: 0735232113     ISBN-13: 9780735232112
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE: $15.29  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Sexual Abuse
- Young Adult Fiction | Art
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2017020678
Age Level: 14-UP
Grade Level: 9-UP
Lexile Measure: 740 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.90 lbs) 304 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: William C. Morris YA Debut Award, Finalist, Young Adult Literature, 2019
Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 48
School Library Journal 01/01/2018 pg. 89
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 04/16/2018
BookPage 03/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 117 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 501018
Reading Level: 5.5   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Haunting ... teems with raw emotion, and McCullough deftly captures the experience of learning to behave in a male-driven society and then breaking outside of it.--The New Yorker

I will be haunted and empowered by Artemisia Gentileschi's story for the rest of my life.--Amanda Lovelace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one

A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
2018 National Book Award Longlist

Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.

She chose paint.

By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost.

He will not consume
my every thought.
I am a painter.
I will paint.

Joy McCullough's bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. McCullough weaves Artemisia's heartbreaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia's most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman's timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence.

I will show you
what a woman can do.

★A captivating and impressive.--Booklist, starred review
★Belongs on every YA shelf.--SLJ, starred review
★Haunting.--Publishers Weekly, starred review
★Luminous.--Shelf Awareness, starred review

 
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