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THE INQUISITOR'S TALE: Or Three Magical Children And Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz

A Newbery Honor Book

1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne's loyal greyhound, Gwenforte . . . recently brought back from the dead.

As the narrator collects their tales, the story of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.

Their adventures take them on a chase through France to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned. They're taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. And as their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints.

With beautiful illustrationd by Hatem Aly.

A Sarah Burnes Book for The Gerneret Company.
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Published 2016-09-01 by Dutton Books

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A Newbery Honor Book. Read more...

A well-researched and rambunctiously entertaining story that has as much to say about the present as it does the past. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Selected a Newbury Honor Book Read more...

The Wall Street Journal gave it a rave, calling it a "sparking medieval adventure. Read more...

It was a Publishers Weekly "Pick of the Week" Read more...

Weaves history, excitement, and multiple narrative threads into a taut, inspired adventure. -- Booklist, starred review

THE INQUISITOR'S TALE by Adam Gidwitz is a New York Times bestseller, hitting #7 on the Middle Grade Hardcover list on October , 16th, 2016!

Gidwitz strikes literary gold with this mirthful and compulsively readable adventure story. A masterpiece of storytelling that is addictive and engrossing —Kirkus, starred review

Gidwitz is on fire here, making medieval history feel fresh and current. —School Library Journal, starred review