Oh how I loved this book when I was a kid. It was so historical and dramatic! ( )

One of my all time favorites. Maude Reed doesn't want to go live in the household of a noble in order to learn to be a lady. She'd rather been a wool merchant. ( )

One of my all-time favorite books. ( )

One of the best historical novels I've ever read for teens and older children, Maude Reed is a young girl in 15th century England who is sent to acquire some polish her mother fears she is sadly lacking. Maude herself prefers to follow her grandfather on his daily rounds as a wool merchant, but she dutifully travels to Castle Beauclaire where she learns the difference between a man of nobility and a noble man. It's her return home, however, that forces her to make the decisions that would change her family's world.