You Wouldn't Want to be a Crusader! by Fiona MacDonald illustrated by Mark Bergin*

A War You'd Rather Not Fight
Both my boys love this series!
My nine year old read this book to himself while we were studying the Crusades.
The book begins relating information about the Crusades in  AD 1096 with Pope Urban II's speech.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.