Schlitz, a librarian, wrote this 2008 Newbery Medal winner which consists of monologues written for a group of students at the Park School in Baltimore, where she currently works. The monologues are written from the perspectives of children aged between 10 and 15. They all live on a manor in England in the year 1255. Interspersed between the monoluges are mini history lessons on subjects such as the three-field system, medieval pilgrimage, the Crusades, falconry, Jews in medieval society, and towns and freedom. This book contains a 4 page bibliography.This book gives a well-rounded view of living and working in this society. Entertaining and informative, this book would be appropriate for 5th graders and up.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Schlitz, L.A. (2007). Good masters, sweet ladies! Voices from a medieval village. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
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