The Badger Knight
Scholastic Inc | ISBN 9780545464420 Hardcover
352 Pages | 5.83" x 8.56" | Ages 8 to 12
Scholastic Inc | ISBN 9780545662932 Ebook
352 Pages | Ages 8 to 12
Adrian is small for his age, even for a twelve year old. It doesn't help that he's an albino, which makes those he meets wonder if he's an angel or a devil. His father is a bowyer, and all Adrian wants to do is become apprenticed and go off to war as a long bowman. But that's not what his father wants for him. Since Adrian can write, his father wants him to be a scribe. That's just about the last thing Adrian wants.
When the Scots invade England and Adrian's best friend Hugh runs off to find his father and fight in battles, Adrian soon follows, intent on finding Hugh and joining him in glorious warfare against the pagans invading England from the north. When Adrian finds Hugh, who is caring for a wounded Scotsman, he's horrified that Hugh would aid an enemy. But soon, as Adrian gets to know the Donald, he begins to question what he's been taught about the enemy and the nature of war.
In this epic journey an afflicted boy finds an inner strength he never knew belonged to him.
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Praise for The Badger Knight:
* "The integration of historical facts into the text is seamless . . . as it is all so cleanly embedded into Adrian’s gripping, often harrowing, adventures."—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review