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Sep 13, 2011 | ISBN 9780763650940 | 10-14 years Buy
Dec 23, 2008 | ISBN 9780763643324 | 10-14 years Buy
Jul 24, 2007 | ISBN 9780763615789 | 10-14 years Buy
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Sep 13, 2011 | ISBN 9780763650940 | 10-14 years
Dec 23, 2008 | ISBN 9780763643324 | 10-14 years
Jul 24, 2007 | ISBN 9780763615789 | 10-14 years
Newbery Medal Winner! Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd — inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal.Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd — inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
Schlitz is a talented storyteller. Her language is forceful, and learning slips in on the sly.—The New York TimesBolstered by lively asides and unobtrusive notes, and illuminated by Byrd’s stunningly atmospheric watercolors, [the monologues] bring to life a prototypical English village in 1255.—Publishers Weekly (starred review)Brilliant in every way.—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Outstanding.—School Library Journal (starred review)A vivid, convincing portrait of medieval adolescence.—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)A rewarding choice for performance or for reading aloud in the classroom.—Booklist (starred review)
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