Song of the Sparrow
Since the days of King Arthur, there have been poems and paintings created in her name. She is Elaine of Ascolat, the Lady of Shalott, and now there is a book all her own. The year is 490 A.D. and 16-year-old Elaine has a temperament to match her fiery red hair. Living on a military base with her...
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Since the days of King Arthur, there have been poems and paintings created in her name. She is Elaine of Ascolat, the Lady of Shalott, and now there is a book all her own. The year is 490 A.D. and 16-year-old Elaine has a temperament to match her fiery red hair. Living on a military base with her father, brothers, and the rest of Arthur's army, Elaine pines for the handsome Lancelot, and longs for a female friend. But when the cruel, beautiful Gwynivere arrives, Elaine is confronted with startling emotions of jealousy and rivalry. Can Elaine find the strength to survive the birth of a kingdom?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439918497 (0439918499)
ASIN: 439918499
Publish date: August 1st 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Pages no: 383
Edition language: English
I thought this was a very sweet book in nature with a great concept. It's definitely a wonderful book for younger girls an adults. It shows how girls can do anything, and that you shouldn't let someone stereotype you because of your gender. It also shows a cute little love story and how the person w...
Now, before anyone jumps to conclusions, I didn’t necessarily hate this book. There were things that really made me upset and exasperated and that caused a lot of eye rolls, and everything else I was mostly indifferent to. So while I didn’t despise every moment of it, I was also given no reason to g...
I read Song of the Sparrow last year, but it’s only now that I’m posting my rating and review because, in truth, I was nervous. I have good friends who all seemed to fall into passionate, swoony love with Lisa Ann Sandell’s verse interpretation of the Lady of Shallott. And I.. did not. So I held off...
I wish this was really how the story of the Lady of Shalott ended! A fabulous twist on the legend.
Arthurian, The Lady of Shallot
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