Language: G (0 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Scholastica (Tick) has learned all there is to learn about the candle-making trade in 13th-century England. If she is doing all the work, and has learned all that she has, is she not a real apprentice? One day she finds a young boy at her workstation - her father's new apprentice. She is no longer allowed to help with the candle-making, just because she is a girl. Instead, she is expected to help in the house and hang out with other girls in the village. She learns that she will not even be allowed to go to the big fair in September. She looks forward to the fair all year! Will she be able to convince her father to let her come?
Life in the Middle Ages was hard for many reasons: not only for the strict roles imposed on girls and boys. The story is both interesting and captivating. I loved this book. The characters are all English. I don’t know how much your students read Middle Ages set books - but if they do read Karen Cushman, for example, they would also enjoy this.
Ellen-Anita, Librarian
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