| The Player King Contributor(s): Avi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481437682 ISBN-13: 9781481437684 Publisher: Atheneum Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Royalty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016042037 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 15th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 192024 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing." --Shelf Awareness Parents' Choice Recommended From Newbery Award-winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England. England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxford--until a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for what's to come--or for what it really means to play at being a king. |
Contributor Bio(s): Avi: - Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com. |