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Will Sparrow's Road

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In his thirteenth year, Will Sparrow, liar and thief, becomes a runaway. On the road, he encounters a series of con artistsa pickpocket, a tooth puller, a pig trainer, a conjurerand learns that others are more adept than he atlying and thieving. Then he reluctantly joins a traveling troupe of "oddities," including a dwarf anda cat-faced girl, holding himself apart from the "monsters" and resolving to be on guard against further deceptions. At lastWill isforced 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'snewcomic masterpiece.

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Clarion Books
0544336321 / 9780544336322
Paperback
04/11/2014
English
224 pages
130 x 194 mm, 186 grams