The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo, Newbery-winning author of both Flora and Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux, is one of my favorite authors. Her writing style is whimsical, funny, sad, and rings with truth. Her newest book, The Beatryce Prophecy (illustrated by Sophie Blackall), is coming out on September 28.
We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home.
In
a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order
of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl,
Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and
blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk
nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that
imperils them all—for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and
Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy himself, knows why.
And
so it is that a girl with a head full of stories—powerful
tales-within-the-tale of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves—ventures
into a dark wood in search of the castle of one who wishes her dead. But
Beatryce knows that, should she lose her way, those who love her—a
wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible
sword, and a goat with a head as hard as stone—will never give up
searching for her, and to know this is to know everything.
Summary from Google Books, image from Penguin Random House.
I didn’t know she had a new book coming out! I can’t wait!
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