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The book of Boy, Catherine Gilbert Murdock ; illustrations by Ian Schoenherr

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HL600L, LexileStructure indicator: 90 (high), Syntactic indicator: 80 (high), Semantic indicator; 100 (very high), Decoding indicator: 90 (high), Lexile

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The book of Boy

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Catherine Gilbert Murdock ; illustrations by Ian Schoenherr

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.3, 6.0.

In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by PublisherWhat a fine story this is! For who does not want to read about such things? A boy who can talk to animals. A terrifying, perilous journey full of bravery and daring. Knights and bandits and ghosts and thieves. Howling wolves, heroic donkeys, and a bag of bones. Lords, ladies, liars, and riches beyond compare. And mysteries and miracles - of the sort that concern the living and the dead. -- From dust jacket

Part I: Departure -- The Stranger -- Sold for a Prayer -- Rib Tooth Thumb Shin Dust Skull Tomb -- Pestilence -- The Stone Bridge -- Saint-Peter's-Step -- Feast Day -- A Fork in the Road -- Part II: The Relic Thief -- Tooth, the Second -- A Bath -- The Story of the Tear-Soaked Veil -- Thievery -- Thumb, the Third -- A Little Boy with a Cold -- Trouble -- Angelus -- Part III: Deceit and Calamity and Ruin -- One Thousand Years of Devising -- Downstream -- Newly Hatched Chick -- Kicked in the Shin -- At Sea -- The End of the World -- Scrabbling -- Dust, the Fifth -- Part IV: Arrival -- Red Beard and Gray -- A Roughly Sketched Figure -- The Heads of Saint Peter and Saint Paul -- Skull, the Sixth -- Brigands and Wolves -- Tomb, the Seventh -- Boyhood -- Rib Tooth Thumb Toe Dust Skull Home

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