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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.

Author/Creator:

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert , author

Contributors:

Schoenherr, Ian , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The book of Boy [by Murdock, C.G.]

Subjects:

Relics — Juvenile fiction

Kyphosis — Patients — Juvenile fiction

Pilgrims and pilgrimages — Juvenile fiction

Voyages and travels — Juvenile fiction

People with disabilities — Juvenile fiction

Middle Ages — Juvenile fiction

Relics

Kyphosis — Patients

Kyphosis

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Voyages and travels

People with disabilities

Middle Ages

Europe

Genres:

Historical fiction

Action and adventure fiction

Fiction

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Accelerated Reader MG 4.3 6.0.
Newbery Honor Book, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018
Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018
Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018

Audience:

Sixth grade students
Seventh grade students
Eighth grade students
Middle school students
Preteens
Children
HL600L (source: Lexile)
Special audience characteristics: Structure indicator: 90 (high); Syntactic indicator: 80 (high); Semantic indicator; 100 (very high); Decoding indicator: 90 (high) (source: Lexile)

Creator Demographics:

Author: Pennsylvanians

Physical Description:

278 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Call Numbers:

JFic M974bo

ISBNs:

9780062686206 (hardcover)
0062686208 (hardcover)

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40028684062

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2017043536

OCLC Numbers:

986956691