by Janine Ashbless Okay, so this isn�t actually a picture of me. But if it was, I could tell you exactly what she�s thinking there: "Hey. Wow. What if my heroes START in Damascus and GO to Baghdad? Oh yeah. That means they could visit the House of Wisdom. Cool! And I don�t have to worry about the princess having an actual historical, documented family: I can make it all up! Yes. Yes! Awesome!"