The bronze bow
Daniel, a young Galilean boy, is obsessed with hatred of the Roman conquerors who crucified his father, and joins a band of Jewish guerillas in order to seek revenge. But when Daniel meets Jesus he wonders if violence is the answer. The book won the American Newbery Medal in 1961.
Print Book, English, 1993
Sutherland, NSW : Lion, Oxford, Albatross, 1993
[256] pages ; 18 cm
9780745927909, 9780732407872, 0745927904, 0732407877
877790352
The man was not regal or commanding. Yet when he turned, Daniel was startled. All at once nothing in the room was distinct but this man's face. A vital, radiant face, lit from within by a burning intensity of spirit. Yes! Daniel thought, his own spirit leaping up, this man is a fighter! He is one of us!' Obsessed by a hatred for the Roman invaders who killed his father, Daniel has joined a hillside band of Jewish guerillas
fierce fighters who will stop at nothing. They are not alone in their struggle against injustice and oppression, and one day Daniel meets a stranger who promises freedom and talks of a revolutionary new kingdom. As he gets to know Jesus and his growing band of followers, Daniel begins to wonder whether violence is the right answer