Literary Fiction
A 15-year-old field girl joins a medieval pilgrimage from Wales to Jerusalem, facing dangers and personal growth.
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A 15-year-old field girl joins a medieval pilgrimage from Wales to Jerusalem, facing dangers and personal growth.
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Gatty is a field girl on a manor. She has never seen busy London or the bright Channel, the snowy Alps of France or the boats in the Venetian sea. She has not sung in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem or prayed at the manger in Bethlehem -- or been kidnapped, or abandoned, or kissed, or heartbroken. But all these things will change. As Gatty journeys with Lady Gwyneth and a prickly new family of pilgrims across Europe to the Holy Land, Kevin Crossley-Holland reveals a medieval world as rich and co...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief mentions of kissing and heartbreak; mild romantic subplot
Violence & gore
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Dangers including kidnapping during the journey; moderate peril
Profanity
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Occasional period-appropriate language; minimal strong profanity
Substance use
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Background medieval alcohol consumption; not central
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted
Religious content
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Central pilgrimage to Jerusalem with prayers, penance, and holy sites
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Crusades-era setting with historical social tensions
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Kidnapping, abandonment, and hardships faced by characters
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