The inquisitor's tale, or, the three magical children and their holy dog

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Label

The inquisitor's tale, or, the three magical children and their holy dog

Statement of responsibility

Adam Gidwitz ; illuminated by Hatem Aly

Title variation

• Inquisitor's tale
• Three magical children and their holy dog

Creator

• trueGidwitz, Adam

Contributor

• Aly, Hatem

Subject

• Young adult fiction
• trueHealers
• trueVisions
• trueMultiracial boys
• Jews -- Fiction
• trueChristian girls
• trueReligious persecution
• Persecution -- Fiction
• trueFrance -- History -- 13th century
• true13th century -- 1201 -- 1300
• trueIllustrated books
• trueDogs
• trueFriendship
• trueInterfaith friendship
• Prophets -- Fiction
• trueMedieval period (476-1492) -- 476 -- 1492
• trueSuperhuman abilities
• Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction
• trueJewish boys
• Child oblates -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueAdventure stories
• trueHistorical fantasy
• France -- History -- Fiction
• trueDragons

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueIllustrated books
• trueHistorical fantasy
• trueMultiple perspectives

Language

eng

Summary

Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution

Storyline

• trueIntricately plotted

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueConversational

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueReligiously diverse

Illustration

• trueDetailed

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2017
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2016
• Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature, 2017.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2016
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2017.

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.G35225

LC item number

In 2016

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620

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 10

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adolescent