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Adam of the Road Paperback - 1987
by Elizabeth Janet Gray; Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
Summary
Awarded the John Newbery Medal as "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" in the year of its publication. "A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It's open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it's home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle." And Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father's words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog.
Here is a story of thirteenth-century England, so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems "historical." Although crammed with odd facts and lore about that time when "longen folke to goon on pilgrimages," its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur's tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his gay striped surcoat.
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- Title Adam of the Road
- Author Elizabeth Janet Gray; Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York
- Date 1987-11-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780140324648 / 014032464X
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.02 x 0.59 in (20.17 x 12.75 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1030
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Self-Esteem
- Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Fathers and sons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87016506
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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