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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Gr 6-8 When a 14th-century peasant boy stumbles onto a mysterious corpse, his life is inexorably altered. From the hand of the dead knight, Grimpow extracts a talisman that turns out to be no less than the famed philosopher's stone over which kings and popes have tortured and killed in order to gain its possession and its powers. Hiding from the Inquisition in a local abbey, Grimpow discovers that the stone enables him to re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
After inheriting the powerful philosopher's stone from a mysterious dead knight, young Grimpow leaves his isolated forest home to continue ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More