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

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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.

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Main Author: Gidwitz, Adam (Author)
Other Authors: Aly, Hatem (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dutton Children's Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Child oblates > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Prophets > Juvenile fiction.
Persecution > Juvenile fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > Louis IX, 1226-1270 > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure fiction > Juvenile.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
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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.
Physical Description:363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-363).
ISBN:0525426167
9780525426165
Author Notes:Adam Gidwitz was born in San Francisco, California in 1982. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Columbia University. After graduating, he took a job in a second grade classroom at Saint Ann's School, in Brooklyn and attended Bank Street College of Education in the evenings. He eventually taught first, second, fifth, and high school at Saint Ann's before deciding to become a full-time author. He is the author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimly.

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