Big John's Secret — Eleanor M. Jewett (B)

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<p>Mystery <br/>surrounds the young peasant boy known as Big John. Raised during the <br/>strife-filled days of the reign of King John of England, his life is one<br/> day changed when a knight says, in passing, “You remind me of <br/>someone—someone I once knew and loved.” It is from “Old Marm,” the herb <br/>woman, that John understands that injustice has been done his family. <br/>Though never telling him the family name lest he unwittingly betray <br/>himself, she does all she can to prepare him to one day reclaim his name<br/> and family honor. Then Old Marm dies, and John is left without a clue <br/>to his identity. In the next years John’s unusual size and <br/>strength and the knowledge he has gained of letters and of the art of <br/>healing earn him a place as page to an earl organizing the 5th Crusade. <br/>In the Holy Land John searches for a father he hopes is living still. <br/>Amidst battle, capture and setbacks, John—now a squire to a Knight <br/>Hospitaller—encounters Francis of Assisi, who had come to the Holy Land <br/>just at this time to preach the Gospel to the Saracens. It is another <br/>meeting that changes the course of Big John’s life. .<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. <br></p>

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