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Torch in the Darkness: The Tale of a Boy Artist in the Renaissance
Torch in the Darkness The Tale of a Boy Artist in the Renaissance Author:Alan Garinger This book was nominated for the Young Hoosier Reader Award by the Indiana Library Federation and is considered a modern classic. It is historically and culturally sensitive and gives a thrilling account of a peasant boy who becomes an artist. The story is loosely based on a German legend about a mysterious ring in a wrought iron fence around a... more » fountain in Nurnberg, Germany. The stunning illustrations are by Claire Ewart, a nationally recognized illustrator of books for young people.« less