The Prisoner of the Inquisition

By Theresa Breslin

This book is about a girl called Zarita, who is the daughter of a magistrate, and a boy called Saulo, the son of a beggar. Zarita is rich and lives a life of wealth and privilege. Saulo's family is forced to beg for money. When their two lives collide Saulo's father is wrongfully arrested and killed and Saulo vows revenge on the Magistrate's family. The agents of the inquisition come to Zarita's town and eveyone is suspicious and terrified. Zarita and Saulo meet again and face each other, still with feelings of betrayal and revenge.

This is an amazing book! I loved reading it. It was written well with lots of descriptions that made it seem very life like. I liked how it swapped between Saulo and Zarita telling the story and it was interesting to see what different lives they led, even though, despite their differences, they were quite alike.

At the beginning I had no idea what the inquisition was and I had to ask someone and check everything I knew from the book. At the beginning there is an introduction that introduces what happened in what year but I still checked just to be sure. Once I knew what the inquisition was the whole thing was easy to read.

My favourite character was Lorena, Zarita's stepmother, because she was quite mysterious and unexpected things happened that she was involved in. She came across as an evil or wicked character, but I liked how she was described. My next favourite character was Zarita because she was described and her feelings were described so that it sounded like she was just a grieving and upset girl who was not sure of herself.

I didn't have a favourite or least favourite part of the book because I loved it all!

In conclusion, I thought this book was great and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It is, in my opinion, the best of the books I have read so far.

By Emily, year 7