Ya'acov's Well by Nina Peck - TORN CURTAIN PUBLISHING

The year is 1 AD. The setting is Samaria, in the Roman province of Judea. Mara is the beautiful youngest daughter in a poor family, seeking her place in a world where she has always been the underdog. When Yelsaventa, a rich girl from a Romanised family, takes Mara under her wing, she thinks it is