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by E. L. Konigsburg (Author)
A National Book Award Finalist
Thoroughly bored of Heaven, Eleanor of Aquitaine passes the time by looking back over her long and complicated life in this charming and wryly humorous speculative middle grade novel from E.L. Konigsburg, the Newbery Medal-winning author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time--eight centuries, more or less--to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. Finally, the day has come when Henry will be judged for admission. While Eleanor, never a patient woman in life or afterlife, waits, three people, each of whom was close to Eleanor during a time of her life, join her. Their reminiscences do far more than help distract Eleanor--they also paint a rich portrait of an extraordinary woman who was front and center in a remarkable period in history and whose accomplishments have had an important influence on society through the ages.Author Biography
E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have received the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 01, 2001
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 5
