Hush - An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli

"Mel, hurry up!" Brigid calls, splashing through puddles, heedless of the mud that has come up through the wooden-plank paving of the road.

LC CIP Summary: Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; 308 pages (Alternate spellings of this award include: Newberry, Newbury, & Newbary)