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Gatty's Tale

Kevin Crossley-Holland, Author

Paperback

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: September 6, 2007

Category: Historical fiction

ISBN: 9781842555705

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From the winner of the Guardian Children’s Prize, comes a story of Medieval times, told from an entirely new perspective.

Gatty the village girl – steadfast, forthright, innocent and wise – has never been further than her own village. But when she is is picked by Lady Gwyneth of Ewloe to join her band of pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem, Gatty’s previously sheltered life changes forever.

A joyful, heartrending, triumphant novel that creates a magnificently vivid and realistic picture of life and times in 1202, shown through the eyes of a young girl.

Shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal, this is a companion novel to the Arthur trilogy (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, King of the Middle March).

Reviews

A gripping historical that is dramatic, touching, compelling and will pull at the heartstrings time and time again

MY CHILD

With strong, believable characters, and a tremendous picture of medival life, this moving, hopeful story plays with language and offers a wonderful, satisfying ending

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

Writing of this quality is made to last... a classic in the true sense of the word

THE BOOKSELLER

The book captures a world very different from our own

DAILY EXPRESS

Kevin Crossley-Holland has a real knack for telling a story well

BIRMINGHAM POST

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland won the Carnegie Medal in 1985 for Storm. His many notable books for adults and children include poetry, classic retellings and anthologies. He has written and presented many BBC radio programmes and is a frequent speaker at schools and libraries. For some years he held a university post in Minnesota and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. The Seeing Stone won the prestigious Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, At The Crossing-Places won a Silver award at the SWPA Spoken Word Awards and Gatty’s Tale was shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal.