Something Special

The Inquisitor's Tale or the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog was, indeed, something special.  The group on goodreads that reads a possible Newbery every month, one of ladies, Brenda, commented, "I think Gidwitz did something special here." And wow, she said it so well.
A tale set in the Middle Ages, for the ages.
Towers Falling is still my first choice, but this is a close, close, close second.
Very funny and very poignant.