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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village»rank: 2662by: Laura Amy Schlitz
0ur opinion: :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 ...
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A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama»rank: 185979by: Laura Amy Schlitz
0ur opinion: :'People throw the word 'classic' about a lot, but A DR0WNED MAlDEN'S HAlR genuinely deserves to become one.' — WALL STREET J0URNALMaud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until it becomes clear that she’s needed to help stage elaborate séances for bereaved patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her ...
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The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug For Troy»rank: 422531by: Laura Amy Schlitz
0ur opinion: :Archaeologist? Mythmaker? Crook? This engaging, illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann — a nineteenth-century romantic who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy — reveals him to be a fascinating mixture of all three.From the time Heinrich Schliemann was a boy — or so he said — he knew he was destined to dig for lost cities and find buried treasure. And if Schliemann had his way, history books would honor him ...
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The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm»rank: 456192from: Candlewick
0ur opinion: :A dejected soldier makes a pact with the devil in this haunting, ultimatelyhopeful fairy tale, masterfully retold and vividly illustrated.Man or bear? When a person gives up hope, is he still human? Such is the story of a soldier who has lost everything to war: his childhood home, his family and friends, his youth, and his innocence. Enter that sly opportunist, the devil, who wraps the soldier in the armor of a dead ...
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Drowned Maidens Hair -Lib»rank: 456192by: Laura Amy Schlitz
0ur opinion: :A dejected soldier makes a pact with the devil in this haunting, ultimatelyhopeful fairy tale, masterfully retold and vividly illustrated.Man or bear? When a person gives up hope, is he still human? Such is the story of a soldier who has lost everything to war: his childhood home, his family and friends, his youth, and his innocence. Enter that sly opportunist, the devil, who wraps the soldier in the armor of a dead ...
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The Hero Schliemann»rank: 456192by: Laura Amy/ Byrd, Robert (ILT) Schlitz
0ur opinion: :A dejected soldier makes a pact with the devil in this haunting, ultimatelyhopeful fairy tale, masterfully retold and vividly illustrated.Man or bear? When a person gives up hope, is he still human? Such is the story of a soldier who has lost everything to war: his childhood home, his family and friends, his youth, and his innocence. Enter that sly opportunist, the devil, who wraps the soldier in the armor of a dead ...
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The Hero Schliemann»rank: 456192by: Laura Amy/ Byrd, Robert (ILT) Schlitz
0ur opinion: :A dejected soldier makes a pact with the devil in this haunting, ultimatelyhopeful fairy tale, masterfully retold and vividly illustrated.Man or bear? When a person gives up hope, is he still human? Such is the story of a soldier who has lost everything to war: his childhood home, his family and friends, his youth, and his innocence. Enter that sly opportunist, the devil, who wraps the soldier in the armor of a dead ...
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A Drowned Maiden's Hair [Unabridged]»rank: 3579592by: Laura Amy Schlitz
0ur opinion: :Lonely and Unloved, 11 year=old Maud faces endless confinement behind the cold walls of New England orphange. And then, as if in a dream, the impertinent troublemaker find herself in a stately mansion, wearing the firest dresses and best food, being showered with attention. 8 cd set
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