''Sylvia'' is a 2006 novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. It is written as the memoir of a teenage girl, Sylvia Honeyeater, during the Children's Crusade of the 13th century. She encounters several historical figures such as the Pied Piper of Hamelin and Francis of Assisi. It explores themes of religious intolerance, womanhood, abuse and childhood.

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Bryce Courtenay official website

2006 novels Novels by Bryce Courtenay Novels set during the Crusades Fiction set in the 1210s Viking Press books Novels set in the 13th century {{2000s-war-novel-stub