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1) Snook alone
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Through the power of faith, a monk named Abba Jacob and his loyal rat terrier, Snook, are reunited after being separated by a ferocious storm.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In medieval Ireland, Theophane's boredom with his duties as a scribe distracts the other monks, but when he is sent to the kitchens he discovers that he can make inks of many colors from plants, allowing the others to illustrate their work. Includes facts about the history of monasteries, scriptoriums, and illuminated manuscripts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Elena lives in the poor Russian countryside. Her father is dead and her brothers have been forced into the Tsar's army. Her mother is dying, and there is no food. But then a train arrives carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family; a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls meet, an adventure is set in motion that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito,...
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts.
Author
Series
Harwood mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Loyola Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An attack by bandits in the middle of the night leaves a young boy with no memory of who he is or where he is from. Nursed back to health by the devoted monks in a Benedictine abbey, he takes the name Alexander, or Xan for short. Aided by the kindly Brother Andrew, Xan commits himself to finding out who he really is. Does he have a family? Are they still alive? And who or what is the shadowy figure creeping around the abbey in the dead of night?--...
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