The princess, the crone, and the dung-cart knight

Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Gerald, 1963-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Series:Squire's tales ; 6
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse.
Item Description:Series statement from jacket.
Physical Description:309 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:0618378235 :
Author Notes:Gerald Morris lives in Wausau, Wisconsin, with his wife and three children. In addition to writing he also serves as pastor of a church and teaches theology. As a child, Morris read voraciously, but mostly bad Western novels. Years later, when he discovered the ancient tales of King Arthur and realized what a good thing he had been missing all those years, he decided to retell those stories for the next generation