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Sep 28, 2021 · Kate DiCamillo isn’t afraid of lobbing the occasional angel at you, whether it has blue wings or smells like a sewer, but in her latest book The Beatryce Prophecy there’s something else on her mind. Pairing with the utterly lovely Sophie Blackall, the two present us with a story that has all the trappings of a fable, and all the reality of a thoroughly thrilling tale.
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“The Beatryce Prophecy” centers on Beatryce, found by Brother Edik curled up in the barn of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. She’s bloody and dirty, hanging onto the ear of Answelica, the monastery’s ill-tempered goat. With a hard head and yellow eyes, Answelica is introduced in the book’s first three pages, the funniest DiCamillo has writ...
It isn’t unusual for an author to abandon a book when it isn’t working for some reason. That’s what happened to DiCamillo with “The Beatryce Prophecy.” “I had started this book in 2009, worked on it a very short time, then put it aside and forgot about it entirely. I don’t remember why,” DeCamillo recalled. “Maybe it was just too emotionally close ...
“I never fully understand a book until I stand in front of a kid and talk about it,” DiCamillo says. She discovered the importance of her young readers’ input way back when she stood in front of a class for the first time to talk about “Because of Winn-Dixie.” “The teacher said, ‘We are going to talk about the book’s themes,” she recalls. “I though...
DiCamillo spent the lockdown months at home with Ramona, her mischievous, 5-year-old miniature Goldendoodle, named for Beverly Cleary’s popular novels. “We walked and walked and walked,” DiCamillo recalls of their outings. “We walked so much one of my friends asked if Ramona was getting enough protein because she looked a little skinny.” When they ...
And now we’re back to the beginning of this story. What is “The Beatryce Prophecy” about? Putting together everything DiCamillo said, it’s about love of reading and writing, the wonder of the natural world, the power of a girl with words, the loyalty of a goat and friendship. This is what Beatryce thinks as she holds onto the ear of Answelica the g...
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo is a middle grade fantasy adventure that follows a group of characters on quests, both internal and external. The novel was a Horn Book Fanfare selection in 2021 and won the Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books Award (2021), the Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year Award (2021), and the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Award ...
Sep 28, 2021 · The Beatryce Prophecy. Candlewick Press, September 28, 2021. ages 8 and up. ISBN 978-15362136148. 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 ...
Sep 17, 2021 · THE BEATRYCE PROPHECY. By Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 256 pp. Candlewick. $19.99. (Ages 8 to 12) A version of this article appears in print on , Page 22 of the Sunday Book ...
The following version of this book was used to create the guide: DiCamillo, Kate. The Beatryce Prophecy. Candlewick Press, 2021. DiCamillo’s novel is divided into 43 chapters, plus an epilogue. At the start of the story, a monk named Brother Edik finds Beatryce curled up next to the monastery’s growth. From her past, Beatryce recalls only ...
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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 ...
