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Gr 8 Up—Uma has always had difficulty finding acceptance within the Euit tribe in which she has grown up. Her father is the Adan, the Euit tribal healer, but her mother is an English midwife. Uma serves as her father's apprentice and dreams of succeeding him as Adan one day, but Euit tribal law forbids a woman as a healer. When English soldiers invade the village and abduct her father, Uma is taken with him to the royal court at Pendragon Castle, where her father is commanded to prov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Because she's female, half-English, half-Euit Uma isn't accepted as a healer among her people. When she and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More