The Book of Boy: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
中世ヨーロッパの荘園で暮らす少年 Boy が、巡礼者 Secundus とともに聖遺物を集める旅に出る歴史ファンタジー。自分を怪物のように感じてきた少年が、危険な道行きの中で出生の秘密と自分の価値を見いだしていく。
作品情報
聖遺物をめぐる旅は、少年が自分を受け入れるための巡礼でもある。
Catherine Gilbert Murdock による児童向け長編。十四世紀頃のフランスとイタリアを思わせる世界を舞台に、山羊番の少年が巡礼者に連れ出され、聖人ゆかりの品を探す。身体的な違いを理由に孤立してきた少年の視点から、信仰、搾取、慈しみ、自立を描く。
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歴史的な空気感と寓話性を備えた冒険として評価されている。少年の孤独と勇気を軸にした展開が読みやすく、児童文学としての温かさと暗さの均衡が支持されている。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Greenwillow Books
- 発売日
- 2018-02-06
- ページ数
- 288ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 15.24 x 2.67 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780062686206
- ISBN-10
- 0062686208
- 価格
- 3382 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Children's Books/Growing Up & Facts of Life/Difficult Discussions/Prejudice & Racism
A Newbery Honor Book * Booklist Editors’ Choice * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Horn Book Fanfare * Kirkus Reviews Best Books * Publishers Weekly Best Books * Wall Street Journal Best of the Year * An ALA Notable Book A young outcast is swept up into a thrilling and perilous medieval treasure hunt in this award-winning literary page-turner by acclaimed bestselling author Catherine Gilbert Murdock. The Book of Boy was awarded a Newbery Honor. “A treat from start to finish.” —Wall Street Journal Boy has always been relegated to the outskirts of his small village. With a hump on his back, a mysterious past, and a tendency to talk to animals, he is often mocked by others 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 action-packed and suspenseful expedition across Europe to gather seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Boy quickly realizes this journey is not an innocent one. They are stealing the relics and accumulating dangerous enemies in the process. But Boy is determined to see this pilgrimage through until the end—for what if St. Peter has the power to make him the same as the other boys? This epic and engrossing quest story by Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock is for fans of Adam Gidwitz’s The Inquisitor’s Tale and Grace Lin’s Where the Mountain Meets the Moon , and for readers of all ages. Features a map and black-and-white art by Ian Schoenherr throughout.
Catherine Gilbert Murdock is the acclaimed author of the Newbery Honor Book The Book of Boy, as well as six other novels. She grew up in Connecticut and now lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.
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Loved every moment! Reread as you go is crucial to check facts against fiction. Incredible story with many, many elements of fact.
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I realize I run the risk of sounding maudlin, but this magical story with its extraordinary characters has settled deep into my heart, and it doesn't want to leave. Yes, it did make me cry, but in a cleansing, good-lord-I-needed-that kind of way. By happenstance, the book arrived in my life during the terrible week of January 6, and "The Book of Boy" enabled me to escape into a place of goodness and hope and soaring beauty. (Well, okay, muck and farts and brimstone, too.) Why on earth a tale so sophisticated in its simple, evocative rendering -- and as deeply philosophical as it is deeply touching -- should carry a "Harper Collins Children's" label is beyond me! Anyone who enjoyed Paul Coelho's "The Alchemist" should certainly love this book, too. It is truly one of the loveliest books I've read in many years.
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Excellent book! My daughter rented the book from our local library and loved it so much that asked me to buy it for her
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Reading!!!!!
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Haven't read it yet, but browsed through it and can't wait to read it with daughter. I'm excited about the deeper more thoughtful themes of the book. It doesn't seem too dark either which is a plus!!!! Age group seems suited for 8-11 years old.
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