Paperback. Pub Date: 2004 Pages: 288 Publisher: Puffin Will longs to be a knight like his older other Gavin Then he could ride a Charger for King Richard the fight avely in the Crusades and win the heart of a fair maiden. All he needs is a horse. And when he chooses one. he chooses well - a small chestnut stallion with a blaze on its forehead. There's something different about Hosanna - but Will doesn't know how important Hosanna will be to him . to his family. even to Saladin. In the Holy Land. Will learns that being a knight is bloody. utal and often terrifying. His father is killed. his other desperately injured. and Will finds himself closer to his enemy than he ever expected - but his small chestnut horse teaches him what it really means to be ave. to be noble. and to be fair.