The Unusuals

Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine shares a story of family, prejudice, faith, and unlikely friendship in medieval England, for every child who is more perceptive than they seem, and braver than they know.

Chera, Lummie, and Joan are unusual in medieval Winchester, England. Two girls and a boy, and two Jews and a Christian are not supposed to be friends. Most days, after their studies with Rabbi Baruch, they enjoy scaring themselves in the greatly feared nearby forest, home to neer-do-wells and sprites, where they make another unusual friend, a starving outlaw.

But the trios fun is shattered when Cheras grandmother, a wealthy widow, and Joans mother, her maid, are murdered. Jurors name a suspect, who flees the city, and he may not have killed them anyway. Almost anyone could have, so just investigating isnt enough. Whats more, the Unusuals are sure Lummies grandmother will be the next to die.

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