Connecting with History Shop Our Categories www.rchistory.com ABOUT About Connecting with History Catalog Discount Program Samples FAQ About Us Contact Us Raves & Reviews Register Your Program Copyright Policy SHOP HOMESCHOOL EDITION Year 1 - Ancient History & Old Testament Year 2 - Early Church & Early Medieval Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation Year 4 - American History Starter Guide for Connecting with History STUDENT BOOKS Year 1 - Ancient History & Old Testament Year 2 - Early Church & Early Medieval Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation Year 4 - American History Companion Readers & Core Texts ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Hands-On History Literature Guides and Language Arts History Sing-Along CDs Timelines Geography In the Footsteps of the Saints series Hillside Education Complete Book List CLEARANCE SALE CO-OP EDITION Co-op Edition Classroom Guides Co-op Edition Family Lesson Plans CO-OP INFO SHOP Connecting with History Program Student Books Co-op Curriculum & Books Home > SHOP > STUDENT BOOKS > Year 3 - High Medieval - Post-Reformation > Complete List of High Medieval to Post-Reformation Books > Adam of the Road Grammar Level Assigned Literature Price: $8.99 Description More Information Awarded the John Newbery Medal as "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" in the year of its publication. "A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It's open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it's home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle." Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father's words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog. Here is a story of thirteenth-century England, so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems "historical." Although crammed with odd facts and lore about that time when "longen folke to goon on pilgrimages," its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur's tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his striped surcoat. Elizabeth Janet Gray Share your knowledge of this product. Be the first to write a review »