The Walls of Cartegena

I liked this book more than I thought I would. It's historical fiction, which I like, but it's also about slaves, lepers and the excesses of the Inquisition in the Spanish colony of Cartagena in Columbia. This book had sad times written all over it. But despite that, I liked the characters and the main character, Calepino, had a certain naivety and optimism that lightened up all the dark subject matter and made the whole thing palatable. For grades 4 to 7.