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Adam of the Road
In Chapter 2, Adam and Perkin go to visit Adam's dog Nick. It is St. Alban's day, and with all the celebrations at the Abbey no one will notice the boys leaving the grounds, but they are careful...
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Adam of the Road
The sixth chapter of Elizabeth Janet Gray's novel Adam of the Road is entitled “A Blush of Boys,” and it describes Adam's time at Lisle House, where Adam's father, Roger, is a minstrel for Sir...
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Adam of the Road
In thirteenth-century England, Adam Quartermayne is attending the Abbey of St. Alban, a school for boys run by monks. He is anxiously awaiting the return of his father, a minstrel, or traveling...
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Adam of the Road
While Adam sleeps in Chapter 10, his dog Nick is stolen by Jankin the Minstrel. Adam and his father Roger search everywhere for Nick, but to no avail. Roger finds a stable boy who talked to the...
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Adam of the Road
In chapter one of Elizabeth Janet Gray’s Adam of the Road, the reader meets the main character, Adam Quartermayne, and learns about his family, friends, and hobbies. Adam is an eleven-year-old boy...
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Adam of the Road
Adam climbs to the top of a high abbey wall in St. Giles to watch a miracle play about Adam and Eve in Chapter 16. He falls from his perch, providing a touch of ironic realism to the theme of the...
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Adam of the Road
In Chapter 13, Adam arrives at Farnham, only to find that everyone is leaving town to attend the fair at Winchester. He is befriended by a kind merchant named Daun William, who offers to take Adam...
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Adam of the Road
Adam decides in Chapter 19 that the best chance he has of finding Roger is to go back to London, where Roger had planned to spend Christmas with the de Lisles. though he has no harp, he makes up...
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Adam of the Road
Chapter 7 opens with Adam, Hugh, and Martin discussing which squire they like the best. Hugh likes the squire of the stable, while Adam's hero is Simon Talbot. The boys know Simon loves Emilie,...
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Adam of the Road
In chapter 9 we find Nick, Adam, and Roger walking all day in the pouring rain. While they are walking, they see a magpie, which hints at further trials to come (through the use of foreshadowing)....
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Adam of the Road
Adam journeys to Winchester with Daun Williams. At first he is almost euphoric with hope and good feeling, but by the second day he feels considerably more apprehensive at what he will find in the...
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Adam of the Road
Adam stops at the Church at Ewelme in Chapter 22, meets Perkin, and is finally reunited with Nick. Perkin wants to go on to Oxford, but his father, who is a plowman in Ewelme, needs his help on...
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Adam of the Road
In Chapter 5, Adam and his father Roger are on the road to London with a group of travelers, the party of Sir Edmund de Lisle. Towards the end of the day, they are rudely summoned by Hugh to tell...
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Adam of the Road
Adam, Roger, and Nick set off on the road towards London in Chapter 8. They are on foot, and Roger is feeling low because he lost Bayard to Jankin playing dice. When they arrive in London, they...
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Adam of the Road
Adam is watching a group of youngsters ("blush of boys") play at Lisle House, where he is staying with his father. He doesn't understand why the boys, and especially Hugh, their leader, are so...
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Adam of the Road
A major event in this book is when Adam's dog, Nick, is stolen by the unscrupulous Jankin. As Adam goes after Jankin to try and get Nick back, he also loses contact with his father, Roger. This...
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Adam of the Road
Chapter 7 of Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Grey, titled “Jankin,” is split roughly into two parts. The first consists mainly of Adam and his friends of the household as they discuss their...
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Adam of the Road
Adam of the Road opens with one example of life and culture in 13th century England when Gray sketches Adam's daily life as a school boy at a monastery. Another example follows close behind when...
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Adam of the Road
In chapter 15 of Adam of the Road, Adam is offered advice by a friendly pilgrim that he meets in Stranger's Hall, which is a lodge built for the use of pilgrims on their way to St. Swithin's...
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Adam of the Road
The three important characters in chapter 15 of Adam of the Road, entitled "St. Giles's Fair," actually remain unnamed, yet the characters are important because they influence Adam's actions.The...
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Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Janet Gray's Adam of the Road is a Newbery Award winning children's novel depicting life in Medieval England with rich detail. The novel sends the 11-year-old protagonist Adam...
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Adam of the Road
After observing a robbery and reporting it to the bailiff, Adam recovers his harp and attains the gratitude of Daun Williams in Chapter 14. Then, in Chapter 15, "St. Giles Fair," Adams rides with...
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Adam of the Road
In chapter 1 of Elizabeth Janet Gray's historical novel Adam of the Road, we meet some of the main characters. One character you find out about is the main character, Adam. You find out that Adam's...
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Adam of the Road
Let's look at this question from a couple different angles. First off, Adam, in Elizabeth Janet Gray's novel Adam of the Road, places four loves at the very center of his life: his father, Roger;...
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Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Janet Gray's young reader's novel Adam of the Road does an excellent job of portraying England during the Middle Ages. One aspect Gray portrays well is the various languages and dialects...
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Adam of the Road
The Middle Ages were renowned for their numerous religious feast days, many of which revolved around the veneration of the Virgin Mary. In this pre-Reformation era, Mary was venerated as the mother...
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Adam of the Road
Adam is finally reunited with his dog Nick in Chapter 22, "Adam helps a Plowman," the second to last chapter in the book. To Adam's delight, Nick is being held in safekeeping by Adam's long lost...
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Adam of the Road
Dame Clarice is the innkeeper's wife at the Burford Bridge Inn on Westhumble Lane. She is described as a diminutive, energetic woman. Dame Clarice has an extroverted and commanding personality. She...
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Adam of the Road
There are a few proverbs quoted in the novel but only one that lends encouragement to Adam. This proverb is "Whom God will help, no man can harm." The wise saying is located in the chapter called...
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Adam of the Road
While they're eating dinner, the boys of St. Alban's listen to their Master reading from the lives of the saints in Latin. The Master's voice is the only one that is allowed to be heard at...
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Adam of the Road
The setting of Adam of the Road is important in terms of both time and place. Adam is placed at a boarding school but he also travels around quite a bit. The author evokes many features of the...
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Adam of the Road
Adam's father, Roger, is a minstrel who has gone to enroll in school in France to improve upon his repertoire of songs. Roger is already famous for his performances and makes great money at his...
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Adam of the Road
Key points by chapter might look something like this: Chapter 10: Jankin the Minstrel steals Adam's dog Nick. Adam and his father Roger set off to find Nick, receiving clues and advice from a...
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Adam of the Road
The main event in Adam in the Road is when Adam's dog, Nick is taken by Jankin. When Adam goes after them, he is separated from his father.During his experience of looking for Nick, Adam meets...
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Adam of the Road
In Elizabeth Janet Gray's young reader's novel Adam of the Road, it is around page 61 that Adam is described as having "lifted his eyes warily."Adam's minstrel father, Roger, had just returned from...