GILT—Catherine Howard's Best Friend Publisher Giveaway

GILT

Katherine Longshore - Author 

ISBN 9780670013999 | 416 pages | 15 May 2012 | Viking Children's | 9.25 x 6.25in |
Ages 12 - AND UP 
This book is not yet published 

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Hey, if it were GUILT and not GILT I would be perturbed they are giving guilt away rather than having our parents and culture deliver it with out childhood pap. But is this a good subject matter for ages 12 and up? How should it be approached?  Granted, married around 16  to King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard was, more or less a girl, but being a girl in Tudor England often meant marriage and motherhood. And, there was a good chance you'd be dead by 40.  Today we have such different ambitions for young women. When we look at this marriage, or many medieval marriages should we see child abuse? There are different dates of birth for Catherine reported making her 16 to 19 at the time of her marriage.
This would certainly be an interesting discussion to have with teens.

What's with the cover?  Unless you focus on it just being a head it doesn't seem to have much to relate it to a historical fiction novel.

Catherine Howard, Jane Boleyn's cousin-in-law and Queen of England, Henry VIII's fifth wife. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) born 1524 executed Feb. 13, 1542 for not being chaste before marriage.

Summary of GILT

In the court of King Henry VIII, nothing is free-- and love comes at the highest price of all. When Kitty Tylney's best friend, Catherine Howard, worms her way into King Henry VIII's heart and brings Kitty to court, she's thrust into a world filled with fabulous gowns, sparkling jewels, and elegant parties. No longer stuck in Cat's shadow, Kitty's now caught between two men--the object of her affection and the object of her desire. But court is also full of secrets, lies, and sordid affairs, and as Kitty witnesses Cat's meteoric rise and fall as queen, she must figure out how to keep being a good friend when the price of telling the truth could literally be her head. VIKING/PENGUIN GILT PAGE