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Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
4.0

The mixing of prose and poetry was very effective in this book. I loved how the author weaved Artemisia's story with the Biblical stories of Susanna and Judith (without making it a religious story). Using Susanna and Judith as role models for Artemisia worked well in this story. The change of the father was interesting, and the book ended in a very open-ended way.