"The Potbaker's Niece"

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This is a sample of the full length historical novel 'The Potbaker's Niece' 13-year-old Johanna has lost her entire family to the plague. All she has left is an unknown uncle who works as a potter in the potbakers' land. To survive the commotion of the Thirty Years’ War, her neighbor dresses her up as a boy. Johanna enjoys the new freedom she experiences along the way, and the opportunity to become a potter apprentice appeals to her. She keeps the truth from her uncle and soon shows an unusual talent as well as an unequalled passion. Will she be able to keep up the deception in a man's world? This is a story full of hope, despite depicting one of the darkest chapters in European history. The Thirty Years’ War erased nearly half of the German population due to the fighting and plundering as well as starvation and the plague. It seems miraculous that in these trying times the art of pottery bloomed. Well researched right at the heart of the ‘Kannenbäckerland’, the potbakers’ land in the Midwest of Germany, Johanna’s tale will show readers colorful details of an old craft as well as taking them on an emotional rollercoaster ride.