num_pages: 295
description: In 600 A.D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.
language: English
title: The Shining Company
titlecomplete: The Shining Company
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Audiobook, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, School, Young Adult, Medieval
ratings_count: 1306
places: Great Britain
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association)
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux