A magical medieval tale from two masters Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott
Medal-winning Sophie Blackall ¿ a fantastical meditation on fate love and the power of words
to spell the world. 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 recalcitrant goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health he uncovers her dangerous secret
¿ one that imperils them all. And so it is that a girl with a head full of stories must venture
into a dark wood in search of the castle of a king who wishes her dead. But should she lose her
way Beatryce knows that 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.
