In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artistsβa pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurerβand learns that others are more adept than he at lying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe of "od
Will Sparrow's Road
β Scribed by Cushman, Karen
- Book ID
- 107796481
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 928 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780547739625
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β¦ Synopsis
In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artistsβa pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurerβand learns that others are more adept than he at lying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe of "oddities," including a dwarf and a cat-faced girl, holding himself apart from the "monsters" and resolving to be on guard against further deceptions. At last Will is forced to understand that appearances are misleading and that he has been his own worst deceiver. The rowdy world of market fairs in Elizabethan England is the colorful backdrop for Newbery medalist Cushman's new comic masterpiece.
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