Will Sparrow's Road

In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artists--a pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurer--and 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 11/04/2014
ISBN: 9780544336322
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 154899 / Will Sparrow's Road
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7