The Book of Boy: an unforgettable middle-grade adventure - Softcover

Gilbert Murdock, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911490575 ISBN 13: 9781911490579

Publisher: Chicken House, 2018

Synopsis

The year is 1350. Boy, a hunchbacked, sweet-natured goatherd, is content in his quiet country life. But when a shadowy pilgrim with a dangerous past arrives on the farm, his world is turned upside down. Secundus is a man on a mission, and upon first sight of Boy, enlists him as his servant, ripping him away from tranquillity and plunging them both into a perilous medieval treasure hunt ... but there is more to the pilgrim's quest than meets the eye.

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Review:

[An] extraordinary mixture of the historical and fantastic ... Murdock celebrates everyday tenderness amid the otherworldly and celestial. (Guardian)

This stunning historical novel really grips the attention and offers an unexpected and exciting read. (Parents in Touch)

Real history and exquisite imagination, soaraway fantasy and Christian theology blend with spectacular results in a highly original and utterly beguiling middle grade novel ... a rare delight. (Lancashire Evening Post)

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Scuffles and sacrifices, ferocious animals, and dastardly thieves abound as Boy and Secundus are slowly revealed to readers--and each other. This is also a beautiful piece of bookmaking, from the woodblock-style design elements to the manuscript-like paper. A vivid, not-to-be-missed story. --(Booklist)

A tale of ingenuity, daring, dread, and tenderness, in which neither man nor Boy is quite what he seems, The Book of Boy is a treat from start to finish. --(Wall Street Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911490575
• ISBN 13: 9781911490579
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320