Joust of honor
In his continuing adventures, the unbonded knight Free Lance--with the help of his new squire, Wormrick--tries to save a lady of the court from a disastrous marriage by defying a treacherous lord who wants him to intentionally lose a jousting tournament.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2005, c2004.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Series: | Knight's story ;
#02 |
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| Summary: | In his continuing adventures, the unbonded knight Free Lance--with the help of his new squire, Wormrick--tries to save a lady of the court from a disastrous marriage by defying a treacherous lord who wants him to intentionally lose a jousting tournament. |
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| Physical Description: | 137 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. |
| Audience: | 007-011. |
| ISBN: | 0689872402 |
| Author Notes: | Chris Riddell was born on April 13, 1962. He is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won two Kate Greenaway Medals, the British librarians' annual award for the best-illustrated children's book, and two of his works were commended runners-up. Books that he wrote or illustrated have won three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes and have been silver or bronze runners-up four times. He was shortlisted for the 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal for his title Goth Girl: And the Ghost of a Mouse. He was named the ninth Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2015. Riddell was presented with a Children¿s Laureate medal and a £15,000 (A$30,014) bursary cheque at a ceremony in London, where he announced plans to promote visual literacy during his two-year term. (Bowker Author Biography) |
