The book of Boy

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert (author.). Schoenherr, Ian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.

What a fine story this is! For who does not want to read about such things? A boy who can talk to animals. A terrifying, perilous journey full of bravery and daring. Knights and bandits and ghosts and thieves. Howling wolves, heroic donkeys, and a bag of bones. Lords, ladies, liars, and riches beyond compare. And mysteries and miracles - of the sort that concern the living and the dead. -- From dust jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062686206
ISBN: 0062686208
Physical Description: 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Part I: Departure -- The Stranger -- Sold for a Prayer -- Rib Tooth Thumb Shin Dust Skull Tomb -- Pestilence -- The Stone Bridge -- Saint-Peter's-Step -- Feast Day -- A Fork in the Road -- Part II: The Relic Thief -- Tooth, the Second -- A Bath -- The Story of the Tear-Soaked Veil -- Thievery -- Thumb, the Third -- A Little Boy with a Cold 15 -- Trouble -- Angelus -- Part III: Deceit and Calamity and Ruin -- One Thousand Years of Devising -- Downstream -- Newly Hatched Chick -- Kicked in the Shin -- At Sea -- The End of the World -- Scrabbling -- Dust, the Fifth -- Part IV: Arrival -- Red Beard and Gray -- A Roughly Sketched Figure -- The Heads of Saint Peter and Saint Paul -- Skull, the Sixth -- Brigands and Wolves -- Tomb, the Seventh -- Boyhood -- Rib Tooth Thumb Toe Dust Skull Home.
Target Audience Note:	HL600L Lexile. Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator; 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader MG 4.3 6.0.
Awards Note:	ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018 Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018 Newbery Honor, 2019 Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018