Matilda Bone / by Karen Cushman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Clarion Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2000Description: vii, 167 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780358097525
- 0358097525
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | CUSHMAN KAREN | Available | 33111011225253 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Into the fascinating, pungent setting of Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to disdain worldly affairs and spend all her time in study and prayer. To Matilda's dismay, her new occupation will not involve Latin or writing, but practical tasks: lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Red Peg the Bonesetter treat patients. She is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings, and the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice are no help at all.
Filled with witty dialogue and richly authentic detail, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world.
"Introduction by Newbery Honor winner Adam Gidwitz"--Cover
Includes excerpt of Rodzina by Karen Cushman.
Includes bibliographical references (page 167).
"Matilda Bone is highly educated, especially for a girl in medieval times, and she has been taught to occupy herself with spiritual matters, rising above worldly concerns. But when she's sent to the workshop of Red Peg the Bonesetter in Blood and Bone Alley to serve as an apprentice, all her training and refinement is useless. In Peg's domain, nothing matters but earthly pursuits -- such as healing the injured. But Matilda doesn't know the first thing about buying food and lighting a fire, let alone setting bones. How can she flourish in such a place? Does she even want to?"--Back cover