Кэтрин Гилберт Мердок – лучшие книги

Мальчик (которого так все и зовут - Мальчик) приглядывает за козами. И надо сказать, что Мальчик является предметом наспешек в своей деревне. Стыдится своего горба. Только вот он умеет разговаривать с животными. Его появление в деревне окутано тайной. И его старый наставник умолял его никому и никогда не показывать свой горб. И еще он умеет легко лазать и забираться на самые высокие деревья. никогда не серчает. И очень хочет повидать мир. Так бы и протекала его жизнь, если бы однажды мимо не проходил паломник. Который и берет Мальчика с собой в качестве слуги.

Boy has always been relegated to the outskirts of his small village. With a large hump on his back, a mysterious past, and a tendency to talk to animals, he is often mocked and abused by the other kids in his town. Until the arrival of a shadowy pilgrim named Secondus. Impressed with Boy’s climbing and jumping abilities, Secondus engages Boy as his servant, pulling him into an expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Boy quickly realizes this journey is not an innocent one. They are stealing the relics, and gaining dangerous enemies in the process. But Boy is determined to see this pilgrimage through until the end—for what if St. Peter can make Boy’s hump go away?

This compelling, action-packed tale is full of bravery and daring, stars a terrific cast of secondary characters, and features an unlikely multigenerational friendship at its heart. Memorable and haunting, Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s epic medieval adventure is just right for readers of Sara Pennypacker’s Pax, Adam Gidwitz’s The Inquisitor’s Tale, and Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Echo.

Features a map and black-and-white art throughout.

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