Crusade

By Laird, Elizabeth

Publishers Summary:
YA. ADVENTURE STORIES. When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He burns with determination to strike down the infidel enemy... Salim, a merchant's son, is leading an uneventful life in the port of Acre - until news arrives that a Crusader attack is imminent. To keep Salim safe, his father buys him an apprenticeship with an esteemed travelling doctor. But Salim's employment leads him to the heart of Sultan Saladin's camp - and into battle against the barbaric and unholy invaders... Two boys from opposing worlds come face to face in this thought-provoking new historical adventure from a highly acclaimed author.

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ISBN
978-0-33045-699-9
Publisher
London : Macmillan Children's, 2008.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2010

Gr 8-Up "Told from alternating perspectives, "Crusade"follows two boys as they come of age, Adam growing from landless peasant to squire, and Salim from a merchant's son who shirks his duties to a doctor's apprentice and hero. To Adam, Saladin is a terror, a devil, and Richard the Lionheart is the noble leader who will free the Holy Land from the savages who occupy it. To Salim, Richard is an illiterate barbarian, and Saladin the wise commander who will keep the invaders from taking his homeland. B...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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