It is the spring of 1429, and fourteen year old Genevieve in Provence is faced with a terrifying predicament: Someone, by means of a forged letter, has lured her brother Blaise into a deadly trap in the north of war-torn France--and she is determined to save him. Accompanied only by her beloved dog, Noirine, Genevieve sets out on the harrowing journey from Aubagne, close to the Mediterranean Sea, to Poissy, just west of Paris. She has no idea what lies ahead; she only knows that she must overtake Blaise before he is trapped. Genevieve will meet friars, Gypsies, pilgrims, lepers, and even a...