Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrated by Robert Byrd
Candlewick Press (2007)
Interest Level: ages 9-12

Category: Children's Literature
Type: Monologues, Juvenile Drama

Summary:
A collection of monologues serve as an introduction to the people of a Medieval village. Witty and keenly observant, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! enlivens history with memorable characters and accurate historical representation.

Online Connections:
1. Author Laura Amy Schlitz discusses winning Newbery Award: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22665745#22665745
2. Newbery Award website: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
Book Connections:
1. The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by Laura Amy Schlitz
2. A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz

Keywords: juvenile theatre, medieval, middle ages, monologues