Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Matilda bone, Karen Cushman

eng

Includes bibliographical references

no index present

850, Lexile

fiction

Matilda bone

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Karen Cushman

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.7, 5.0, 43469.

In her long-awaited new novel, Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pungent setting: the medical quarter of a medieval English village. To Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to be pious and learned, and now destined to assist Red Peg the Bonesetter. To Matilda's dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. Matilda is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings and yearns for the days at the manor when all she did was study and pray. Lonely and misunderstood, she seems destined for a fate as tragic as that of any of the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice. Filled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman's work is known for, 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. Author's note

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title""; ""Also by Karen Cushman""; ""Title""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""1. Arriving""; ""2. Looking for Deliverance""; ""3. Going to Market""; ""4. Encountering Doctor Margery""; ""5. Tending a Cat""; ""6. Leeching""; ""7. Finding Another Matilda""; ""8. Watching Tom""; ""9. Meeting Walter and Nathaniel ""; ""10. Doing her Best ""; ""11. Easing Sarah""; ""12. Consulting Master Theobald ""; ""13. Talking to Effie ""; ""14. Sending a Letter ""; ""15. Naming Birds ""; ""16. Tending Tildy""; ""17. Receiving a Letter""

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