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By Judy Lindquist

Saving house is an historic novel set through the English siege of St. Augustine in 1702. the tale is advised in the course of the eyes of nine-year-old Luissa de Cueva and her neighbors, ten-year-old Diego de las sadly, and a Timucuan Indian lady named Junco. in keeping with meticulous study, Saving domestic engages readers of every age with descriptions of Spanish and local American households looking safe haven for greater than six weeks in the partitions of the Castillo de San Marcos as St. Augustine is going up in flames and a conflict rages round them. This intriguing ancient novel has messages approximately lifestyles, kinfolk, and what's very important that may resonate with either the younger and the younger at heart.

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