• Has at its core the real-life Strasbourg Massacre, when hundreds of Jewish citizens were burned alive.
• Brings to life fourteenth-century Strasbourg, one of the most important cities in medieval Europe.
• Author is an experienced writer of historical fiction for children.
• Eva Wiseman has been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Children's Text.
• She has also won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.