Seattle Opera: Il Trovatore - Books for Middle and High School
The Seattle Opera will be presenting Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore in January 2019. Librarians from the Seattle Public Library created this booklist for middle and high school students inspired to learn more about Spain and Europe's Middle Ages.
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Catherine, Called Birdy
The thirteen-year-old 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.
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The Book of Boy
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.
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Crispin
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
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VIII
A young man haunted by his family's violent past embarks on a journey that leads to absolute power and brings him face to face with his demons as he grows to become Henry VIII.
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Bird With the Heart of A Mountain
Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance the flamenco.
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Marina
This gothic tale has several intertwined mysteries from different times in Spanish history.
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Secrets in the House of Delgado
In Spain in 1492, fourteen-year-old Maria, a Catholic orphan, becomes a servant to a wealthy family of Conversos, converted Jews, at a time when the Jews are being expelled from the country and when the Inquisition is diligently searching for religious heretics.
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