Thus begins Kate DiCamillo's 2021 story about young Beatryce. What could possibly be more frightening than the goat who opens the story? A strong willed girl who can read and write, that's what. Only Beatryce's unlikely companions - among them the goat, an illiterate orphan, and a monk with a wobbly eye - recognize that these gifts were given her to fulfill her destiny.
"What is it to know that people will come searching for you? Everything." This is Beatryce's hope as she waits in the dark to be led to where she belongs...to her home.
Another heartwarming novel from DiCamillo, weaving together suspense, delight, and laughter while introducing young readers to words like "benign," "antipathies," "beatific," and "prodigious."
A worthwhile read.
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