Matilda Bone |
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Author:
| Cushman, Karen |
ISBN: | 978-0-395-88156-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2000 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | Clarion Books |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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Catapulted from a life of prayer and study to the physical, earthy world of medieval medicine, Matilda is a resistant and resentful assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter, but she comes to appreciate the strong women who work as healers and discovers that "love and compassion, laughter and companionship, are indeed the best medicine" in this witty novel from Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. (School Library Journal, starred)
Catapulted from a life of prayer and study to the physical, earthy world of medieval medicine, Matilda is a resistant and resentful assistant to Red Peg the Bonesetter, but she comes to appreciate the strong women who work as healers and discovers that "love and compassion, laughter and companionship, are indeed the best medicine" in this witty novel from Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. (School Library Journal, starred)