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07/30/2004    
S. M. Smoller     e-mail

    This review is on a book named Matilda Bone written by Karen Cushman.  Matilda is a young girl who was raised by a Catholic priest.  The priest was bringing Matilda to live in a small town called "Blood and Bone Alley" because he had to take a long journey to London.  Matilda was to live with a bonesetter named Peg.  This book is about Matilda's long, hard, and lonely life as an apprentice.  The only friends she had was a couple of villagers and the gods she talked to.
     This book takes place in a small faraway town.  It is in the medieval times so there are giants and no technology at all.  The houses are made of clay and medicines were made of herbs and the earth.  There were outside markets and small dark towns.
     Peg was Matilda's caretaker and guardian.  She was a bonsetter.  She healed people if they were crippled, wounded, or had a broken bone.  Peg was a short woman. She was very skillful in some places but no so much in others.  Peg had a big face with rosy red cheeks and always had a straight face.  She is important in this story because she takes care of Matilda.  She helps all the people in this story somehow and that is why she is needed in this story.
     The most unusual part of this story is in the beginning when Matilda had just seen the little town.  The name of the town was weird and all the streets were dark and empty.  Matilda was alone.  When she entered the bonesetter's house, it seemed like no one was there.  That was the mystery part of the story and the most unusual.
     This wasn't the best book I have ever read.  I like books with a lot of mystery and suspense.  This book was a calm and smooth type of book.  I recommend this book to people from ages 12 and up.  This book has a lot of big words in it and a lot of words that are hard to understand.  That is why I recommend this book to a higher age group of people.