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In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artists -- a pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurer -- and learns that others are more adept than he at lying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe...

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Main Author: Cushman, Karen
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2012.
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Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Freak shows > Juvenile fiction.
Runaways > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artists -- a pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurer -- and learns that others are more adept than he at lying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe of "oddities," including a dwarf and a cat-faced girl, holding himself apart from the "monsters" and resolving to be on guard against further deceptions. At last Will is forced to understand that appearances are misleading and that he has been his own worst deceiver. The rowdy world of market fairs in Elizabethan England is the colorful backdrop for Newbery medalist Cushman's new comic masterpiece. This ebook includes a sample chapter of THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE.
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Audience:Text Difficulty 4
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
5.3
ISBN:9780547875156
Author Notes:Karen Cushman was born on October 4, 1941 and grew up in a working-class family in Chicago, but never put much thought into becoming a writer. Though she wrote poetry and plays as a child, Cushman didn't begin writing professionally for young adults until she was fifty. She holds an MA in both Human Behavior and Museum Studies.

Cushman has always been interested in history. It was this interest that led her to her research into medieval England and its culture, which led to both Catherine, Called Birdy, a Newbery Honor Book, and The Midwife's Apprentice, her second book and winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1996.

Both Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice have earned many awards and honors including the Gold Kite Award for Fiction from the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and was chosen as one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Cushman's work has also been recognized for excellence by Horn Book, Parenting Magazine, Hungry Mind Review, and the American Library Association.

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