A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award An
exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling
author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. Beautifully illustrated throughout
by Hatem Aly! A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Editor's
Choice A New York Times Notable Children's Book A People Magazine
Kid Pick A Washington Post Best Children's Book A Wall Street
Journal Best Children's Book An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle
Grade Book A Booklist Best Book A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book A
Kirkus Reviews Best Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book A School
Library Journal Best Book An ALA Notable Children's Book "A
profound and ambitious tour de force. Gidwitz is a masterful
storyteller." -Matt de la Pena, Newbery Medalist and New York Times
bestselling author "What Gidwitz accomplishes here is staggering."
-New York Times Book Review Includes a detailed historical note and
bibliography 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France
cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children.
Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are
taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land
from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and
persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned,
their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont
Saint-Michel, where all will come to question if these children can
perform the miracles of saints. Join 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. Told in
multiple voices, in a style reminiscent of The Canterbury Tales,
our narrator collects their stories and the saga of these three
unlikely allies begins to come together. Beloved bestselling author
Adam Gidwitz makes his long awaited return with his first new world
since his hilarious and critically acclaimed Grimm series.
Featuring manuscript illuminations throughout by illustrator Hatem
Aly and filled with Adam's trademark style and humor, The
Inquisitor's Tale is bold storytelling that's richly researched and
adventure-packed. "It's no surprise that Gidwitz's latest book has
been likened to The Canterbury Tales, considering its central story
is told by multiple storytellers. As each narrator fills in what
happens next in the story of the three children and their
potentially holy dog, their tales get not only more fantastical but
also more puzzling and addictive. However, the gradual intricacy of
the story that is not Gidwitz's big accomplishment. Rather it is
the complex themes (xenophobia, zealotry, censorship etc.) he is
able to bring up while still maintaining a light tone, thus giving
readers a chance to come to conclusions themselves. (Also, there is
a farting dragon.)"-Entertainment Weekly, "Best MG Books of 2016
"Puckish, learned, serendipitous . . . Sparkling medieval
adventure." -Wall Street Journal "Gidwitz strikes literary gold
with this mirthful and compulsively readable adventure story. . . .
A masterpiece of storytelling that is addictive and engrossing."
-Kirkus, starred review "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 "Gidwitz proves
himself a nimble storyteller as he weaves history, excitement, and
multiple narrative threads into a taut, inspired adventure."
-Booklist, starred review "Scatological humor, serious matter,
colloquial present-day language, the ideal of diversity and mutual
understanding-this has it all." -The Horn Book, starred review "I
have never read a book like this. It's weird, and unfamiliar, and
religious, and irreligious, and more fun than it has any right to
be. . . . Gidwitz is on fire here, making medieval history feel
fresh and current." -School Library Journal, starred review
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