Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schiltz was the Newbery medal winner a few years back. It is a series of monologues, stories told by children characters within a manor in Medieval times--some are nobility, others are paupers. The author wanted to create a play about Medieval times for children at her school, but no child wanted a small part--so she created a play where each character had a long monologue. The book follows each character in a little snippet of his/her life, and some of the characters' lives overlap.
This was such a cool book! I could totally see myself getting a class set of this book when I taught school; it would've been so cool to perform this with a group of 5th graders. I think we would have had a lot of fun with it. The book was interesting, and it was easy to learn a lot about Medieval times without even realizing it. The characters were unique/entertaining/special/intriguing, and it was just a fun read.
Rating: * * * (3/3 = Loved it)
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