Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2007) dj. Hardcover - Readers get to meet those who lived near an English manor in 1255 - from Hugo, the Lord's nephew, and Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter, to Pask, the runaway and Giles, the beggar, as each tell their story in verse or prose. Lovely illustrations by Robert Byrd - a handsome production overall. INSCRIBED on the title page by Schlitz and dated in 2008. Winner of Newberry Medal. Bibliography. Slightly oversized. 85 pp. ISBN: 9780763615789.