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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. Features a map and black-and-white art by Ian Schoenherr throughout.


男孩博伊一直被放逐到小村莊的邊界。由於駝背，神秘的過去以及與能動物交談的天分，讓他經常被鎮上其他人嘲笑，直到一位神秘的朝聖者賽康杜斯到來。他對博伊的攀爬和跳躍能力印象深刻，找博伊當他僕人，進入一趟充滿動感和懸念的歐洲探險之旅，收集了七個聖彼得遺物。