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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.

这是一个发生在中世纪的悬疑冒险故事。当时瘟疫席卷了整个欧洲，许多人因此丧命，许多城市沦为空城，但对小男孩布瓦来说，更可怕的是别人的嘲笑，就因为他是个驼背的孩子。
布瓦暗暗地希望自己能成为一个正常的男孩，一次偶然的机会，他跟着一个神秘的朝圣者开启了冒险之旅。他们相信，只要集齐传说中的七件圣物，就能达成各自的心愿。一路上，他们从陆地到海上，从恢弘的城堡到黑暗的墓室，经过城市乡村，翻越荒山野岭......集齐圣物，真的就能实现心愿吗？

 一个身负秘密的孩子，一个来历不明的朝圣者，两个看似完全不同的人，是什么让他们能成为相互扶助的旅伴，完成一场危机四伏的冒险？两位主人公为了集齐圣物而展开的这场冒险，也是一场在黑暗中寻找光亮的心灵的探索。 
书中的“连串插入式”故事结构使读者不断地遇见新的人物和他们的故事，情节充满张力，而每一个角色的故事都像是一则简短的寓言，让读者窥见一个光明与黑暗交织的世界，并让我们跟着小主人公磨炼成长，学着读懂黑暗，心向光明。