num_pages: 280
description: In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk—whose customs are even older than the Druids’ and include human sacrifice.
language: English
title: The Perilous Gard
titlecomplete: The Perilous Gard
characters: Kate Sutton, Christopher Heron
genres: Fairy Tales, Retellings, Historical, Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 8702
places: Derbyshire, England
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Houghton Mifflin