description: Approx. 4 hrs., 3 cassettesNewbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable charactersin a fascinating and pungent the medical quarter of a medievalEnglish Village.  To Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, baarber-surgeon,and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to be pious and learned,and now destined to assist Red Peg the Bonesetter.  To Matilda's dismay, herwork will not involve Latin or writing, but lighting the fire, going tomarket, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients.  Appalled by her new surroundings, Matilda yearns for the days at the manorwhen all she did was study and pray.  Lonely and misunderstood, she seemsdestined for a fate as tragic as that of any of the sharp-toungued saintsshe turns to for advice.Filled with a witty dialogue, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel abouta girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to livecontentedly in this world.
language: English
title: Matilda Bone
titlecomplete: Matilda Bone
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Medicine, Medieval, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Chapter Books, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 3491
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Listening Library