The Player King

Name: The Player King
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Avi
ISBN: 9781501983320

Author: Avi

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 3 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/17/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

From Newbery Award-winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England. England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxford-until a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England! With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for what's to come-or for what it really means to play at being a king.

About Avi

Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessika

In The Player King Avi spins a rags-to-riches tale of a nobody kitchen boy in 15th century England, based on true people and events. Lambert Simnel is an orphan working in an underground tavern. His job is to baste the meat in its own fat. He rarely breathes fresh air and sleeps on the floor. He con......more

Goodreads review by Emilie

Overall, The Player King is a great book! I recommend for anyone who likes learning about old, old history. I thought after a few chapters in it was mostly fiction (like some of the characters and stuff that happened), but all of it was real stuff that happened!!! Crazy right?! What made me give thi......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay

An interesting historical event to write about (an anonymous kitchen boy being chosen to pretend to be the rightful king) but not done very well. The writing is hard to wade through because it's a simply written book (short sentences, easy vocabulary) but the dialogue is written in somewhat period-a......more

Goodreads review by Carli

Thanks to Simon & Schuster and Edelweiss for the advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own. I know this one was already released, but I am a little behind on my ARCs. I have not purchased this for my library yet because some of Avi’s books have not been hits with the kids lately. However, I......more