Cedric, the Forester

The dream of rising above your station has never stopped being powerful. In thirteenth-century England, a forester's son named Cedric saves a nobleman's child from certain death, and in that single act of courage, everything changes. He leaves his simple life in the forest to become a squire, learning to read, to fight, to become more than birth had decreed. Through years of training and determination, he hones his skill with the crossbow until he becomes the best in all of England. The climactic Battle of Eagles will finally prove whether a forester's son can earn true knighthood, or whether the world will always judge him by his blood. This Newbery Honor book has been inspiring readers since 1922 because it tells an eternal truth: courage and determination matter more than lineage. It's for anyone who's ever been told what they cannot be.