Blood Water Paint
by Joy McCullough
In early 17 th -century Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi, 17, has surpassed her father’s... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 29,484
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 501018
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Art
- Rape--Fiction
- Artists--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Sexual Abuse
- Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653--Juvenile fiction
- Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653--Fiction
- Sex role
- Trials (Rape)
- Women painters
- Novels in verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
- Renaissance
- Renaissance--Italy--Fiction
- Artists
- Sex role--Fiction
- Trials (Rape)--Fiction
- History
- Italy
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Europe
- Rape
- 1559-1789
- Italy--History--1559-1789--Fiction
- Gentileschi, Artemisia
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- New Books and Resources Too! 6-12
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Teen
- Historical Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 8

William C. Morris Debut Award, 2009-2021
Finalist, 2019

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2020
Commended, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2020
Finalist, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Young Adults Selection, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2018
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