The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz

My sister (the primary school librarian) gave me this book over the summer after she finished it.  Its target audience is the older elementary school/younger middle school student.  Modeled after Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the book follows the adventures of three youngsters as they travel across the countryside trying (and largely failing) to stay out of trouble.  The children come complete with backstories and baggage and they bond in part because of, and in part in spite of, their differences.  There's a cliffhanger and a twist.  I thought it was good, though it was a bit longer than it needed to be in my opinion. 

For what it is worth, I encouraged my 10 year old to read it and he made it through about 20 pages before declaring "I can not read another page of that book!"-so it clearly was not up his alley. I think I would have been a fan had I read it when I was his age.

Rating:  #5 Good Enough