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Children's Fiction Military & Wars

My Story: A Hail of Arrows

Jenkin Lloyd, Agincourt, France 1415

by (author) Michael Cox

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Mar 2009
Category
Military & Wars, Europe
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780545990400
    Publish Date
    Mar 2009
    List Price
    $6.99

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A defining battle in the Hundred Years War, through the eyes of one of its soldiers — a fourteen-year-old boy.

At his father's deathbed, 14-year-old Jenkin Lloyd is bestowed with one last gift, his father's most prized possession — a longbow that has been passed down from father to son for generations. When Jenkin becomes one of thousands of Welsh boys sent to help King Henry V of England claim Agincourt, a part of France, he strives to honour the skill and power of this weapon, as his father has done before him.

While remaining historically accurate, A Hail of Arrows captures the sights and sounds and emotions felt by a group of boys who were sent into an impossible battle by a vengeful king. Outnumbered by the French, weakened by starvation and dysentery, these teenage archers were key in pulling off an amazing victory against overwhelming odds.

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