Matilda Bone
by:
Karen Cushman (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780756910778 (0756910773)
Publish date: March 1st 2002
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Pages no: 167
Edition language: English
I liked this, though I found it fairly heavy-handed. Young Matilda has been raised by a priest to be humble but learned in Latin, to be obedient and not to question, to be a priggish pain in the tush, in other words. She's suddenly sent to live with Red Peg the Bonesetter, and oh, how Matilda hates ...
I like Karen Cushman a lot, she has a feeling for the telling details that allow her to tell a lot of story in a few words. The narration was engaging and the story was terrific and I enjoyed it very much.