- Prehistoric peoples, Bronze Age, Juvenile fiction, Bronze age
In Bronze Age Britain, Drem must overcome the disability of a crippled arm in order to pass his tribe's test of manhood and become a warrior.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- First published
- 1958
- Pages
- 207
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Random House Childrens Books, OxfordU.P
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780192720092
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