In a mountain village in Morocco, an Englishwoman transforms the lives of her visiting niece, a blind baby girl, and an eleven-year-old boy through her work as a missionary nurse. Hamid is worried that his blind sister Kinza is in danger from his stepfather.

Goodreads Member (May 14, 2017) Lydia Strickler: it was amazing 5 of 5 stars (review of another edition!) Ok, I confess - my five star rating is for the original book published in 1953. When I was ten years old, a missionary to Algeria gave me Star of Light. It so captured my imagination that I read it over and over and over. I wanted my children and friends to read the book but wondered why it did not thrill them like it had me. WELL, somebody decided that modern children could not understand a book published fifty years ago and Moody Press revised it - took away much of the Moorish culture, the harshness, and the British langauge. I mean, what ten year old could understand that a "torch" is flashlight in the context in which it is used?? Seriously, the original Star of Light expanded my horizons and my vocabulary as well as giving me a heart for missions. Blah for this edition but if you can find a rare, no longer published, original, get it and love it.