Medieval+Era

Chaucer, Geoffrey. __**Canterbury Tales.**__ A collection of narrative poems written by Englishman Geoffrey Chaucer detailing the personalities and humorous encounters of a group of individuals as they travel through Medieval England. Includes a pronunciation guide for the proper nouns in the work and a glossary of difficult terms. **Lexile: NP (Not prose : Non prose is not calculated for Lexile).**

Alighieri, Dante. __**Inferno: The Divine Comedy.**__ The famous poem in which Dante is conducted by the spirit of Virgil through nine circles of hell to the final stage of his journey toward God. **Lexile:**

Cushman, Karen.__**Catherine, Called Birdy**__. The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off. Interest Level: Gr. 6-9. **Lexile: 1170**.

Jinks, Catherine. __**Pagan’s Crusade.**__ On the run "after an ill-considered wager," young orphan Pagan Kidrouk enlists to become a squire with the Knights Templar. Interest Level: Gr. 7-10. **Lexile: 560**

Jinks, Catherine. __**Pagan in Exile.**__ In this follow-up to "Pagan's Crusade," set in the year 1188, Pagan (an Arab-Christian) and Knight Templar Sir Roland return to France after losing Jerusalem in a battle to Muslim forces. Interest Level: Gr. 7-10. **Lexile: 530.**

Jinks, Catherine. __**Pagan’s Vows.**__ In the third volume from Jinks's "Pagan" series, finds Pagan with best friend Roland de Bram in a 12th-century Benedictine monastery. True to form, Pagan rebels against the strict code enforced at the monastery. Kirkus says, "As before, Pagan's mix of bad attitude and profound loyalty make a winning combination, and readers will come (or continue) to care as deeply as he does for his troubled, deeply decent companion... This decidedly unique historical saga has it all." Interest Level: Gr. 7-10. **Lexile: 540.**

Tingle, Rebecca. **__The Edge on the Sword.__** In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes. Interest Level: Gr. 7-10. **Lexile: 930.** 