The Apple and the Arrow: The Newbery Honor Tale About a Father and Son's Courage and the Swiss Fight for Freedom for Kids (Ages 10-12) - Softcover

Buff, Conrad; Buff, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618128093 ISBN 13: 9780618128099

Verlag: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

The year is 1291, and Walter is the twelve-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family’s goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. But as the end of the year approaches, Walter’s peaceful life is shaken as his country enters a revolution, and Walter must carry a secret that could threaten the life of the father he loves so dearly.
More than seven hundred years have passed since the day Walter stood in the marketplace balancing an apple on his head while the Austrian tyrant Gessler commanded Walter’s father, William Tell, to take aim at the apple with his great crossbow. The dramatic tale of William’s arrest and escape and the daring revolt of the Swiss against the Austrians has become a legend around the world.

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The husband-wife team of Conrad and Mary Buff wrote and illustrated many books for children, including several runners-up for the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, in the mid-twentieth century.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0618128093
• ISBN 13: 9780618128099
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
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