As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
359 pp.
| Candlewick |
March, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-2022-X$16.99
(2)
4-6
In this final volume in the series, Jinks once again marries finely researched medieval geopolitical history to outstanding characters and voice. Pagan is now a mature Archdeacon of Carcassonne, and narrative duties have passed to Isidore, a hyper-intelligent, unworldly fifteen-year-old scribe who suffers from epileptic seizures. Brimming with wit, this emotionally satisfying epic brings the Middle Ages to life.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2005