Synopses & Reviews
In the dark world of medieval Paris, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral heroically fights to save the life of a beautiful Gypsy girl about to be unjustly executed. Told with simple vocabulary and set in large type, this adaptation of the classic tale is perfectly suited for young readers.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Synopsis
When this species of cyclops appeared on the threshold of the chapel, motionless, squat, and almost as broad as he was tall; squared on the base, as a great man says; with his doublet half red, half violet, sown with silver bells, and, above all, in the perfection of his ugliness, the populace recognized him on the instant, and shouted with one voice.
About the Author
Catherine Liu is an associate professor in the cultural studies and comparative literature department at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of
Copying Machines: Taking Notes for the Automaton and a novel,
Oriental Girls Desire Romance.
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of Niagara Falls All Over Again and The Giants House. She lives in Massachusetts.
From the Trade Paperback edition.