Comments on: A Review of the 2008 Newbery Medal Winner, Laura Amy Schlitz’s ‘Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!’: Voices from a Medieval Village’

By: Randolph Caldecott Medal/Newbery Medal « Books, banksias and bunyips

Randolph Caldecott Medal/Newbery Medal « Books, banksias and bunyips — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:08:27 +0000

[...] In “Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,” thirteenth-century England springs to life using 21 dramatic individual narratives that introduce young inhabitants of village and manor; from Hugo, the lord’s nephew, to Nelly, the sniggler. Schlitz’s elegant monologues and dialogues draw back the curtain on the period, revealing character and relationships, hinting at stories untold. Explanatory interludes add information and round out this historical and theatrical presentation. Read a review [...]

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:04:09 +0000

Thank you! “Barbary” is probably a variation on Barbara, and I probably should not post any more reviews at 4 a.m..
Jan

By: medinger

medinger — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:02:32 +0000

I believe Barbary is a girl.

“Isabel, the lord’s daughter,
will have to be married,
and squat in the straw,
and scream with pain
and pray for her life
same as me.” (page 49)