The 2008 Willow Awards
Snow Willow Nominee
A Perfect Gentle Knight
All five Bell children are coping in their own way with their mother’s death. Their rich fantasy life both helps and hinders loneliness and growing up. Fifteen-year-old Sebastian still needs the Round Table game while Roz is ready to give the fantasy up.
About the Author
Kit Pearson was born in Edmonton and grew up there and in Vancouver. Her previous seven novels (six of which have been published by Penguin) have been published in Canada in English and French, and in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, China and Korea. She has received fourteen awards for her writing, including the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. She presently lives in Victoria.
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Suggested Activities
- Read about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
- Design a medieval shield for your family. Check this web site for information and help about heraldry.
- This book is set in the late 1950's when the author, Kit Pearson, was a child. Make a list of things that were referred to in the story that are particular to that decade.
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