REVIEW: Wow!, where do I start, I finished reading the book, it is very good, simply and well written as well as easy to under stand, this is a book for all age groups, not only was it easy to read but it is very descriptive as well, set in the mid 13th century is describes the darks ages and the how wide spread the black plague was  and what many did to try to escape it, and how it effects the lives of all in every town wiping out whole villages and communities leaving ghost towns, through words alone one is transported through  a portal to a time that once was, what a wonderful idea the father had to reenact the passion of Jesus, to honor him to prevent the plague from taking their lives, what a miracle  it was too, the plague never entered the village, too bad the church didn't see it that way, from reliving father Theodor of his position in his church and his flock to how Lother was treated by many after he played the part of Jesus,. If not for the fact that the year and the town is revealed this could have taken place in any small town in America, all in all this is a very good book, I would give two thumbs up.