Babylonne
By Catherine Jinks
Babylonne
Published: November 11, 2008
Genre: Historical Fiction
No awards have been won by this book
400 pages
Catherine Jinks
Has won a Victorian Premier's Literature Award
Adelaide Festival Award for Literature
Ena Noel Award for Children's Literature
Aurealis Award for Science Fiction
Presented a Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian Children's Literature
Three Important Lines
- "... They are not worthy of my spit!" (This shows her strong head and her stubbornness)
- "Who on earth would want to marry me?" (This quote doesn't mean she hates herself, but who'd want someone with her character, a stubborn fighter)
Main Conflict
Most Important Point
Resolution
Historical References
- It's in the times of the crusades, times of knights and castles and religion, Jinks represents all this very well
- The clothing really shows the time period, knights wearing chain mail, people wearing sandals, and the decorations, hanging tapestry and torches
Why is this book interesting?
- She meets a priest who claims to have known and loved her father, she eventually stays with him and converting to the religion she hated
- She eventually runs into the knight she originally set out to find, they keep her captive in a castle that she eventually escapes due to an attack by the French