num_pages: 378
description: Working as a wench  i.e. waitress  at a cheesy medieval-themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs Kit Sweetly dreams of being a knight like her brother. She has the moves is capable on a horse and desperately needs the raise that comes with knighthood so she can help her mom pay the mortgage and hold a spot at her dream college.Company policy allows only guys to be knights. So when Kit takes her brothers place and reveals her identity at the end of the show she rockets into internet fame and a whole lot of trouble with the management. But the Girl Knight wont go down without a fight. As other wenches join her quest a protest forms. In a joust before Castle executives theyll prove that gender restrictions should stay medievalif they dont get fired first.Moxie meets A Knights Tale as Kit Sweetly slays sexism bad bosses and bad luck to become a knight at a medieval-themed restaurant.
language: English
title: The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly
publisher: Page Street Kids