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The apprentice's masterpiece : a story of medieval Spain

The subject and the history are enthralling (the lives of secret Jews and Muslims at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the late fifteenth century) in this tale of Ramon, 15, whose family members are conversos (Jews forced to convert to Christianity); and Amir, born Muslim, also forced to give up his faith, and taken in by Ramon?s family. Told in the first-person, free-verse narratives of the young men, the story depicts the horrifying atrocities committed in the name of Christianity??people burned alive, tortured, beheaded. At first Ramon is jealous of Amir, but in the end, the boys save each other. Unfortunately, it all goes on too long, and the repetitive personal details overwhelm the drama of betrayal and loyalty. What will hold readers are the facts of daily life: what it was like to be young when there were spies everywhere, looking for?secret Jews, and heretics / Such monsters must burn.? Grades 10-12.

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  • "The subject and the history are enthralling (the lives of secret Jews and Muslims at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the late fifteenth century) in this tale of Ramon, 15, whose family members are conversos (Jews forced to convert to Christianity); and Amir, born Muslim, also forced to give up his faith, and taken in by Ramon?s family. Told in the first-person, free-verse narratives of the young men, the story depicts the horrifying atrocities committed in the name of Christianity??people burned alive, tortured, beheaded. At first Ramon is jealous of Amir, but in the end, the boys save each other. Unfortunately, it all goes on too long, and the repetitive personal details overwhelm the drama of betrayal and loyalty. What will hold readers are the facts of daily life: what it was like to be young when there were spies everywhere, looking for?secret Jews, and heretics / Such monsters must burn.? Grades 10-12."@en
  • "Tells the story of two teenage boys, one a converso and the other a Muslim, living in Spain during the Inquisition as their lives take very different paths when one is enslaved and the other is brought into the service of the Inquisitors--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "Córdoba, 1485: Die Benvenistes haben ein gefährliches Geheimnis. Sie sind 'conversos', zwangsweise zum Christentum übergetretene Juden. Täglich wird es für sie schwieriger, ihr Leben zu bestreiten und den Gefahren des Alltags auszuweichen. Eines Tages wird der muslimische Sklave Amir bei ihnen abgegeben. Die Benvenistes nehmen ihn - sehr zum Ärger ihres Sohnes Ramón - auf und schenken ihm die Freiheit. Doch zu dieser Zeit kann Toleranz lebensgefährlich sein. Als die beiden Jungen sich nach Jahren wiedersehen, hat Amir die Belagerung von Malaga erlebt, und Ramón arbeitet für die Inquisition. Ein spannendes Abenteuer, in dem die Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Spanien lebendig wird."
  • "Tells the story of two teenage boys, one a converso and the other a Muslim, living in Spain during the Inquisition as their lives take very different paths when one is enslaved and the other is brought into the service of the Inquisitors."@en
  • "Tells the story of two teenage boys, one a converso and the other a Muslim, living in Spain during the Inquisition as their lives take very different paths when one is enslaved and the other is brought into the service of the Inquisitors."

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  • "Novels in verse"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Young adult fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Jugendbuch"
  • "Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre"
  • "Young adult works"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "The apprentice's masterpiece : a story of medieval Spain"@en
  • "The apprentice's masterpiece : a story of medieval Spain"
  • "Der Schreiber von Córdoba"
  • "The apprentice's masterpiece a story of medieval Spain"
  • "The apprentice's masterpiece"

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