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Title	:	A Murder for Her Majesty
Author	:	Beth Hilgartner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	January 20th 1992 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published January 20th 1986)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade

A Murder for Her Majesty

Beth Hilgartner

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 2350 Users | 186 Reviews

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I usually criticize books, and pick on every single bad thing about them. The characters are weak... The plot was limp, and "horrid"... Or, most terribly, the storytelling was atrocious.
That wasn't the case with this book. And it pleasantly surprised me with no feminist sort of messages. "Girls can be like guys." "Girls are just as good as guys." "Girls aren't weak." "Girls are best." To those of you who know me well enough, you can probably imagine me saying those messages in a mocking tone.
How I really hate those messages! So tiresome, and ultimately ruin a novel for me. And there was plenty of chances to do so in this book. Alice could have always been thinking up all the smart stuff. She could always be the hero. She could have become conceited and gotten a swollen head, and used her status to boss people around. Thank heavens she didn't. But what delighted me was the refreshing balance; she was witty, but not tiresomely. She was brave, but not in the way that makes one roll their eyes. A really wonderful character! I enjoyed her.
Geoffrey kept me laughing. I enjoyed his witticism and his loyalty to his friends. Timothy was kind to Morris when I would have smacked him.
I pleasantly hated "Father" whatsims. The Dame was easy to dislike, but one comes to see the softer heart at the ending. And although the introduction to Lady "Jenny" was brief, I ended up liking her! =) Good job, Hilgartner.
The storytelling was, I'd have to say, really good, because it wasn't too slow so that I felt that it was wearisome, and wasn't too fast so that I couldn't catch what was going on. It was also intriguing and not from a narrative perspective (what some people might call an "I" book, from the perspective of the main character). This was a nice break, because lately I've been reading books that are like that. So I just happened to read this book at the right time.
The funniest thing was that when they first mentioned Master Kenton (is that his name?), I thought, Oh, he's going to adopt Alice in the end. I didn't know anything about him. They hadn't said anything yet. But I just had this thought--and, obviously (spoiler!), this was not true, although I think he would have if he'd been allowed to.
The plot was amazingly fantastic in the sense that it's quite out of this world. I never found out why it was that the men wanted to murder her father anyway, if it wasn't from the queen's orders. Why did they want to murder her? I don't know, but not every scrap of information is required to make a book a good one.
So, reading this review, you'd think that I'd rate it five stars? Yes, why did I rate it four stars? I'm waiting for the perfect book to appear on the bookshelf one day. For now, I'd have to say that this is a clear favorite.

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Original Title:	A Murder for Her Majesty
ISBN:	0395616190 (ISBN13: 9780395616192)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Yorkshire, England(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1988)

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Ratings: 4.22 From 2350 Users | 186 Reviews

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[5 stars] Been reading and rereading this one for more than 20 years. Holds up, and a forever favorite.

Another great book this year! This was a gift from my friend Meagan. Although it was only 200ish pages and easy to read it was well written. The only thing I can complain about is not enough Elizabeth? Here I labeled it a tudor book but she is barely in it; but still gets mentions enough. The rest is centered around hiding a girl in the boy's church choir and keep her away from the men that murdered her father- that they thought they had done under the order of the Queen we later find out she

I usually criticize books, and pick on every single bad thing about them. The characters are weak... The plot was limp, and "horrid"... Or, most terribly, the storytelling was atrocious. That wasn't the case with this book. And it pleasantly surprised me with no feminist sort of messages. "Girls can be like guys." "Girls are just as good as guys." "Girls aren't weak." "Girls are best." To those of you who know me well enough, you can probably imagine me saying those messages in a mocking tone.

We read this book as a family. Its one of the kids favorite stories. It all takes place in York around Yorkminster in the Elizabethian era. Since we have been to York so often we can picture all the locations. Its a fun story of a girl who learns to survive after her father was murdered, hiding as a choir boy.



Interesting and fun to read with the boys but I didnt really see the merit as a school read. Not a lot of history here. In fact, there were several historical errors and the people spoke very 20th century. Its fine as a fun read but not as part of a curriculum. Cmon Sonlight, you can do better.

I loved this book. In fact, about 25 pages before the end, I misplaced it in the house and had to turn everything upside down to find it. I really wanted to finish it, even though I knew everything would turn out well for the heroine. I think boys and girls would enjoy this book. There's lots of action. The main character is a girl, but nearly every other character is male. The choir boys are jolly and determined and always up for mischief. I read this to figure out when my children might be