Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz

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.

Laura Amy Schlitz is the author of Excellent Masters!, which won the Newbery Medal. Laura Amy Schlitz is a writer and a teacher who resides in Maryland.

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ISBN 13	9780763650940
ISBN 10	0763650943
Title	Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Author	Laura Amy Schlitz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2011-09-13
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Winner of Newbery Medal Winner.
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.