Eight centuries ago, in the latter days of the Islamic golden age, a young girl arrived in the Khwarazmian city of Tus. She was a slave. But she learned.Eight centuries ago, the Mongols blazed across the map, swept Khwarazm into the ash heap of history, and took all they desired from the ruins. They took the girl who learned.So begins the true story of how a “witch,” wielding knowledge as her only weapon, came to hold the greatest empire the world has ever known in the palm of her hand…---from the publisher
192 pages 979-8855414219 Ages 13 and up
Keywords: manga, comics, graphic novel, Mongol empire, witches, knowledge, education, power, 13 year old, 14 year old, 15 year old, part of a series
Editor's note: This book reads from right to left.
