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Available
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Series
Publication
Ignatius Press (2000), 340 pages
Description
In 1171 twelve-year-old Hugh, burdened with a crippled leg since birth, is unhappy when his nobleman father, forced into exile in the bloody aftermath of King Henry's confrontation with Archbishop Thomas Becket, leaves him in the care of the monks of Glastonbury Abbey.
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Hugh is taken by his father (who is fleeing England on charges of treason) to live with the monks at the Abbey at Glastonbury. He finds a happy home there among the scribes and scholars, and makes friends with another young resident and an old, crazy hermit. Between the three of them, they stumble
A solid entry in the Newbery Honor Book ranks, with interesting characters and a fair mystery.
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into a search for the Holy Grail, which they believe to be hidden on the monastery grounds.A solid entry in the Newbery Honor Book ranks, with interesting characters and a fair mystery.
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Subjects
Awards
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1947)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1946
Physical description
8.25 inches
ISBN
1883937485 / 9781883937485