Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wallace, Susan Helen, 1940-

    Saint Bakhita of Sudan : forever free / written by Susan

Helen Wallace; illustrated by Wayne Alfano.

    p. cm. — (Encounter the saints series ; 21)

    ISBN 0-8198-7094-3 (pbk.)

    1. Bakhita, mère, d. 1947—Juvenile literature.

2. Christian saints—Italy —Biography—Juvenile literature.

I. Title. II. Series.

    BX4700.B13W35 2006

    282’.092—dc22

    [B]

                                                             2005018401

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