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Binding: HardcoverBrand: CANDLEWICK PRESS Dewey Decimal Number: 812.6 EAN: 9780763615789 ISBN: 0763615781 Label: Candlewick Press Manufacturer: Candlewick Press MPN: ISBN9780763615789 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: July 24, 2007 Publisher: Candlewick Press Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: July 24, 2007 Studio: Candlewick Press Features:
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 Rating: - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! --Hear ye, hear ye...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village These books arrived in EXCELLENT condition, and very timely at that. Good service is still the word of the day. Thanks. Rating:  - Guided Reading in PlacesWhen a book appears on the same Newbery Award shelf as: The Island of the Blue Dolphins, Julie of the Wolves, Number the Stars, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Sounder and and other classics, one sits up and takes notice because it means the best in children's literature. This recent addition to the honour roll, made up of narrative poems reminiscent of The Canterbury Tales, gives the young reader a real sense of what daily life was like in the Middle Ages. A few of the monologues deal with complex ... Read More Rating: - Truly excellent!Winner of the 2008 Newberry Medal, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! was actually written to be performed. Laura Amy Schlitz has written here a series of interconnected monologues and dialogues which, taken together, depict the life of kids of all kinds in a medieval village. There's the Falconer's Son, the Blacksmith's Daughter, the runaway villein, the Young Lord, The Pilgrim and The Sniggler, all of whom help complete the picture. Rating: - Brilliant!The reviewers have covered it all, but such a truly great book deserves ongoing praise. How nice to see that this jewel of a book won the Newbery! Standing ovation from this reader. Rating: - Charming!A wonderful book from a wonderful person. This is especially good for lower- and middle-schoolers. Quite usable for in-school performances. 
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