Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating 22 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.

Related: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Play

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• ISBN: 9780763615789
• Author: Schlitz, Laura Amy
• Illustrator: Byrd, Robert
• Published: 2007, Candlewick Press
• Themes: Theater
• Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Play
• No. of pages: 96