- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village" (ISBN 0763615781) is a children's book written by
Laura Amy Schlitz , and published in 2007. The book was awarded the 2008Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature.Thompson, Bob. "Children's Book Award Winners Break The Mold."The Washington Post ,2008-01-15 , p. C1.]Overview
Instead of the typical
narrative structure, the book is constructed of a series ofmonologues , each spoken by a member of a medieval village. It was originally written to be performed by fifth-grade students at thePark School of Baltimore , where Schlitz is a librarian.Characters
* Hugo - the
lord 's nephew* Taggot - the
blacksmith 's daughter* Will - the plowboy
* Alice - the
shepherdess * Thomas - the doctor's son
* Constance - the
pilgrim * Mogg - the
villein 's daughter* Otho - the
miller 's son* Jack - the half-wit
* Simon - the
knigh t's son* Edgar - the
falconer 's son* Isobel - the lord's daughter
* Barbary - the mud slinger
* Jacob Ben Salomon - the moneylender's son
* Petronella - the
merchant 's daughter* Lowdy - the
varle t's child* Pask - the runaway
* Piers - the
glassblower 'sapprentice * Mariot and Maud - the glassblower's daughters
* Nelly - the
sniggler * Drogo - the
tanner 's apprentice* Giles - the
begger Each character has a monologue with the exception of Petronella, Jacob, Mariot, and Maud who have dialogues.
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