Essays & Articles

Shelf Awareness, starred review

Cleverly crafted…Six years of extensive research and a natural storyteller’s gift shine in [Gidwitz’s] spiffily spun novel…Over-the-top skirmishes, comical triumphs over thugs, unlikely allies, religious persecution, stinky French cheese, noble acts of bravery, deep-seated emotion, profound theological questions–and a fatally flatulent dragon–intermingle in this suspenseful novel set in a medieval world where atrocities are committed in the name of God. In the style of “illuminated” medieval texts, Egyptian-born illustrator Hatem Aly illuminates Gidwitz’s story with whimsical black-and-white drawings that enliven this philosophical swashbuckler.”

 

Shelf Awareness, starred review

 

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