The Book of Boy

De: Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds

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.

©2018 Catherine Gilbert Murdock (P)2018 Recorded Books

Unlike anything I’ve ever read

This book was amazing, highly recommend. It is nothing like anything I’ve ever read and I’ve read A LOT.

5 Stars for Boy

This story is so charming. The relationship development among characters and growth of our protagonist are well balanced. The narrator is simply perfect.

warning, the sound is not great

the story is for a very particular person and to top that, half the time I couldn't hear the narrator speaking.

great book

This book is amazing! Such a great story for all ages. The voice is low so I needed headphones to hear clearly but the reader does great voices.

Audio Issue

Adventurous, suspenseful historical fiction from the medieval period. Quite original. I wish I’d read it instead of listened to it. Reynolds has a wonderful voice but his performance was so highly modulated that I kept having to turn the volume up and down—not ideal wham driving!