Wow this story was amazing.  The story-line was fantastic really drawing you into the book . It was a brilliant children's adventure/fantasy book tailored for those ages 9 to 12 years old. There are quite a few larger words that my 9 year old confident reader struggled with but they are brilliant additions to their vocabulary and she knows how to Google the words but it didn't stop her thoroughly enjoying the book. It was a wonderful heartwarming tale with the hidden morals that us parents love. Being kind and caring, learning courage, helping others, working together,  loving each other and sharing. The pictures in this book are so beautiful.  My daughter kept showing me every one as she loved them that much. There was a brilliant sense of atmosphere and edge of your seat moments . Its a great page turner as my daughter read it faster than she normally would.
So much praise goes to the author and publishers for creating this brilliant middle grade chapter book full of thrilling adventure that all children would love and enjoy. 
Ps its that lovely of a book im very sure adults would love to read it or listen to there children read it too. It would be perfect for any school or library. 
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This is an absolutely stunning book and I enjoyed every moment of it. It's hard to describe this book without just describing the plot which involves prophecies, monks, a girl on the run, bandits and a furious goat so I don't think I'll try as I'd never do it justice. I immediately felt myself relax into the strength and experience of DiCamillo's writing knowing that she would completely take me away somewhere that I needed to go and she didn't let me down. Modern classic that reads like a weathered folk tale.

Alongside its eclectic and most loveable cast of characters, The Beatryce Prophecy take us on the most illuminating journey. A journey full of Soul and Heart, where Stories, Knowledge and the ability for all to access them is worth facing one’s demons. A book like no other, a book that is very difficult to give credit to, but it will stay with you long after you have read the last page. DiCamillo, as always, speaks straight to the Heart of her readers.

I loved this book. The writing style was so interesting; relaxed but keeping the reader intrigued and turning the pages as the narrative went from one situation or set of people to another. I am almost embarrassed to say that it is the first DiCamillo book that I have read and I will certainly be reading more. In fact, I've started reading Tiger Rising (different topic and writing style, but still excellent).

So Beatryce had a very traumatic experience before being found by a goat and then a monk. Later she meets a boy and a previous king. Together they go to confront the current king and set their world to rights. The simplicity of how Beatryce approaches everything, the love of the monk for this strange girl and her positive effect on him, the attitude of the boy and the steady protective presence of the goat all combine to create a fantastic story.

For a school looking to select class set reading books, this is an excellent candidate. It is not too difficult for mid primary grades and yet there are a lot of discussion questions and even projects that can be found within the story.

"Stories have joy and surprises in them", we are told here. And none more so than in this wondrous story, which feels an instant classic with the freshness and the agelessness it has in equal proportion. We start with a group of monks, the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, and the demonic goat that loves nothing more than upending, trampling on and biting the poor Brothers. Things change drastically when the beast takes a totally maternal approach to a homeless girl, one who has survived some trauma that has blocked her past from her memory. Elsewhere sits a King in his castle, desperate to find the girl, for it is prophesied that a young child can unseat the throne and cause great change. Who foretold that revolution but the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing? But how can a simple, amnesiac lass ever prove a threat to anyone?

What follows is a thoroughly classy fantasy quest fairy tale, one full of the peculiar, but the peculiar played to perfection, with full conviction and nowhere to be seen a mere quirk for quirks' sake. The narration is ideal, dropping in rhetorical questions, and matter-of-factly delivering this with all the style of an aged legend newly refreshed for a modern audience. There is also a theme of the power of words and literacy, when the monk who discovers the girl of the title asleep under the care of the goat finds that she can read and write. Previously, only those in power were gifted the knowledge of letters, and that never included the female of the species.

Truly the closest comparison to be made with this is The Wizard of Oz, for while the questors on these pages don't all have a specific intent and it's not just finding one man that will help them all, the disparate bunch of characters grouping together to travel the land is seldom as diverse as here or in Oz. Now, of course Mr Baum went ahead and produced a whole shelf full of Oz stories, and while I can certainly see scope for many more adventures in this world, I can't quite see it happening. I would certainly relish a return to these characters – the goat is such a fiercesome presence you are duty-bound to enjoy it, but it's not just the people we're introduced to here that are memorable. It's the way this has the feel of lore, of a definitive telling of some mythology, and of how this seems it could have been written any time in the last century. Oh, and the way it feels over much too soon when you get to the final page.

The Beatryce Prophecy is a beautiful middle-grade story about fate, love and the power of words.

A feverish girl is found at a monastery, with no memories apart from her name. The girl is nursed back to health by Brother Edik and forms a bond with the cantankerous goat Answelica. When Beatryce’s dangerous secret threatens everyone, the monks send the girls and the goat away.
Together with a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword and a goat with a head as hard as stone, Beatryce braves the dark woods and sets off towards the castle of the king who wishes her dead in order to rediscover and reclaims her story.

I thoroughly enjoyed following Beatryce’s journey. The rag-tag band of characters that form her found family were marvellously written, but Answelica the goat clearly stole the show in my opinion. The illustrations were appealing, and the lettering at the start of each chapter made it look as though Brother Edik himself could have recorded the story.

Thanks to NetGalley and Walker Books for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

As a fan of Kate DiCamillo, I was looking forward to reading this. It is different from her other novels but just as beautifully composed. The characters are so carefully crafted and the story telling superb.
It was a pleasure to take the time to read and dwell in the world of Beatryce and Jack Dory.
Answelica is my favourite. Who doesn’t love a cantankerous goat?
The illuminated lettering at the start of each chapter and the plate illustrations by Sophie Blackall just add to the feel of the story, bringing it to life in the mind.

DiCamillo has done in this book what she always does, tells an impeccable story where not a lot happens, but everything happens. Not a word wasted.