Murdock, Catherine Gilbert.

The book of Boy / Catherine Gilbert Murdock ; illustrations by Ian Schoenherr. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020. �2018 - 289 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

School Library Journal, November 2017 Booklist starred, February 2018 Horn Book Starred, July 2018 Kirkus Starred, November 2017 New York Times, January 2018 Horn Book, November 2018 Catholic Library World, January 2019 Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2018

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.

3-6 Follett School Solutions.



Newbery Medal/Honor, 2019

9780062686213


Relics--Fiction.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Middle Ages--Fiction.


Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

PZ7.M9416 / Bo 2020

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