Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village Contributor(s): Schlitz, Laura Amy (Author), Byrd, Robert (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763650943 ISBN-13: 9780763650940 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Medieval - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals - Juvenile Fiction | Stories In Verse (see Also Poetry) |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.32" W x 9.06" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 115900 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |