Melanie Little’s The Apprentice’s Masterpiece

Little, Melanie. The Apprentice’s Masterpiece.  Toronto:  Annick, 2008
Medieval Spain, fifteenth century.  There are two focalizing characters: Ramon, the son of a scribe, a Jew whose family has converted to Christianity but nevertheless experiences an increasing intolerance of “conversos”–those not of longstanding Christian blood; and Amir, a Muslim slave who comes to work for Ramon’s father.  [...]