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Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics)

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrated by Robert Lawson

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrated by Robert Lawson

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrated by Robert Lawson

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrated by Robert Lawson

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Read by Stuart Blinder

By Elizabeth Janet Gray
Read by Stuart Blinder

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Oct 05, 2006 | ISBN 9780142406595 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Paperback $8.99

Nov 01, 1987 | ISBN 9780140324648 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Feb 06, 2018 | 365 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics)

    Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel throughout thirteenthcentury England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. But when Nick is stolen and his father disappears, Adam suddenly finds himself alone. He searches the same roads he traveled with his father, meeting various people along the way. But will Adam ever find his father and dog and end his desperate search?

    About Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics)

    A Newbery Medal Winner

    Awarded the John Newbery Medal as “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” in the year of its publication. “A road’s a kind of holy thing,” said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. “That’s why it’s a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It’s open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it’s home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle.” And Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father’s words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog.

    Here is a story of thirteenth-century England, so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems “historical.” Although crammed with odd facts and lore about that time when “longen folke to goon on pilgrimages,” its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur’s tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his gay striped surcoat.


    “Engaging and beautifully written.”—Children’s Literature

    About Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics)

    A Newbery Medal Winner

    Awarded the John Newbery Medal as “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” in the year of its publication. “A road’s a kind of holy thing,” said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. “That’s why it’s a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It’s open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it’s home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle.” And Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father’s words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog.

    Here is a story of thirteenth-century England, so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems “historical.” Although crammed with odd facts and lore about that time when “longen folke to goon on pilgrimages,” its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur’s tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his gay striped surcoat.


    “Engaging and beautifully written.”—Children’s Literature

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    About Elizabeth Janet Gray

    Elizabeth Janet Gray (1902–1999) was born and grew up in Philadelphia. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and in the years that followed, under the names Elizabeth Janet Gray and Elizabeth Gray Vining, she wrote many books for adults and… More about Elizabeth Janet Gray

    About Robert Lawson

    Robert Lawson (1892–1957) received his art training at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. His favorite medium, pen and ink, is used expressively and with detail in his black and white illustrations in The Story of Ferdinand (by Munro… More about Robert Lawson

    About Elizabeth Janet Gray

    Elizabeth Janet Gray (1902–1999) was born and grew up in Philadelphia. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and in the years that followed, under the names Elizabeth Janet Gray and Elizabeth Gray Vining, she wrote many books for adults and… More about Elizabeth Janet Gray

    About Robert Lawson

    Robert Lawson (1892–1957) received his art training at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. His favorite medium, pen and ink, is used expressively and with detail in his black and white illustrations in The Story of Ferdinand (by Munro… More about Robert Lawson

    About Elizabeth Janet Gray

    Elizabeth Janet Gray (1902–1999) was born and grew up in Philadelphia. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and in the years that followed, under the names Elizabeth Janet Gray and Elizabeth Gray Vining, she wrote many books for adults and… More about Elizabeth Janet Gray

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Oct 05, 2006 | 320 Pages | 5 x 7 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780142406595

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Nov 01, 1987 | 320 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780140324648

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $18.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Feb 06, 2018 | 365 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780525592631

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