Awards and HonorsSLJ’s Best Books of 2016, Young Adult Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Religion & Spirituality Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016, Young Adult The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016, Young Adult
New York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Fiction Booklist 2016 Editors’ Choice, Books for Youth, Older Readers, Fiction
YALSA 2017 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Historical Fiction Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2017 Finalist, Young Adult Literature
2017 Capitol Choices, Fourteen and Up Booklist Carte Blanche: Columinist’s Choice 2016
2017 Michael L. Printz Award Honor In thirteenth-century Provensa, a devotedly religious girl flees Church executioners who claim she's a heretic. She finds refuge in a seaside town where Church authority lacks high regard. Map. Dramatis Personae. Author's historical note. Glossaries. Additional reading. Selected bibliography.
Topics Albigenses. Inquisition. Christian heresies. Faith. Provence, France. Thirteenth-century French history. Catholicism. Religion. Siblings.
Lexile HL650L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-04-11
JLG Release Date Jul 2016
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Young Adult (Grades 9 & Up)
Young Adult
Young Adult (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
Your older teen readers will appreciate the 12 selections in this category, a diverse mix of fiction and nonfiction covering complex issues and more mature content, from crushes and body changes to friendships and sibling rivalry.