The Minstrel in the Tower
by Gloria Skurzynski
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In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel through the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron.Tags
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Author Gloria Skurzynski was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania in 1930. She was educated at Carlow University. She writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults.She is the author of more than sixty books for young readers. In 1992, her work Almost the Real Thing: Simulation in Your High-Tech World won the American Institute show more of Physics Science Writing Award. She writes the National Geographic National Parks series and the Virtual War Chronologs series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Minstrel in the Tower
- People/Characters
- Alice; Roger; Lady Blanche; Lord Raimond; Zara; Simon (show all 7); Odo
- Dedication
- For James Joseph Alm, a singer,
and his sister Stephanie, who climbs. - First words
- Alice heard the sweet singing of the nightingale.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"It will always be your banner as much as mine."
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