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In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own.
Hallelujah Wonder wants to become one of the first female scientists of the nineteenth century. She knows every specimen and rare artifact that her explorer father hid deep in a cave before he died, and she feels a great responsibility to protect the objects (particularly a mesmerizing and dangerous one called Medicine Head) from a wicked Navy captain who would use it for evil. Now she and her friend Eustace, a runaway slave, must set out on a sweeping adventure by land and by sea to the only place where no one will ever find the cursed relic....
In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own.
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“Narrator Therese Plummer delivers an impassioned rendering of Helget’s adventure story…Plummer will have listeners on pins and needles as Lu and her best friend, Eustace, a slave, make their narrow escape from the evil Captain Greeney…[as] awe, astonishment, fear, and incredulity pepper their voices…A spooky tale well suited to the audiobook format.”
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“If ever a girl could make her mark on the world, it is Hallelujah Wonder…Though historical in setting, the questions of faith, science, and humanity raised remain relevant to modern times. With Hallelujah at the helm, this is a full-blown adventure tinged with mysticism, intelligence, and the spirit of discovery.”
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“Helget’s novel teems with historical information…Lu’s main focus is scientific exploration, and her informative musings will have readers wanting to do scientific research of their own…An informative and richly detailed historical adventure.”
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“Readers looking for a plucky heroine may find it a good fit.”
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A Bank Street College Best Children's Book
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* "If ever a girl could make her mark on the world, it is Hallelujah Wonder.... With [her] at the helm, Wonder is full-blown adventure tinged with mysticism, intelligence, and the spirit of discovery.
— Booklist, starred review -
As in Jacqueline Kelly's The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Lu's main focus is scientific exploration, and her informative musings will have readers wanting to do scientific research of their own.... An informative and richly detailed historical adventure.
— School Library Journal -
Pulse-quickening exploits and taut descriptions will keep readers riveted.... Helget's tale celebrates the curiosity and mystery of life.
— Kirkus Reviews -
Readers looking for a plucky heroine may find it a good fit.
— VOYA
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About Nicole Helget
Nicole Helget grew up on a farm in southern Minnesota, a childhood and place she drew on in the writing of her memoir, The Summer of Ordinary Ways. She received her BA and an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Based on the novel’s first chapter, NPR’s Scott Simon awarded The Turtle Catcher the Tamarack Prize from Minnesota Monthly. Helget lives in Minnesota with her husband and six children.