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The young 16th-century hero of Katherine Marsh's "Jepp, Who Defied the Stars" has also been dealt a poor hand. Though educated and devout, Jepp is a dwarf whose "supple mind [is] concealed in an unlikely body." Invited to the palace of the Spanish Infanta, in Brussels, Jepp is appalled to find that he is expected to prance around for the court's amusement. His rebellion results in exile to the remote castle of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, a place of unexpected good fortune.
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The Page 69 Test: Jepp, Who Defied the Stars.
--Marshal Zeringue
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