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Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 15
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.
Author
Series
Sister Agatha mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Our Lady of Hope is an aging monastery run by a cloistered order in rural New Mexico. Perennially cash-strapped for needed repairs and maintenance, when the local diocese offers to pay for a new water well it is, well, a godsend. But, there's a catch, in return, they want the monastery to house a novice nun from a different order who needs a place to stay locally while she teaches at the Catholic school and an order to take responsibility for her...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
4) Ely plot
Author
Series
Wickit chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
5) Fen gold
Author
Series
Wickit chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
6) Ice road
Author
Series
Wickit chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
8) Witch bell
Author
Series
Wickit chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
In March of 1348, the awakening of an ancient evil drives fay creatures from the woods, causes Crowfield Abbey to crumble, and haunts the dreams of the monks, but the demon seems especially drawn to Will, who is beginning to realize the significance of his Sight.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In Ireland in the Middle Ages, young Brother Cuthbert, known for making mistakes and giving up easily, is chosen through a miscommunication to serve as scribe for an illuminated manuscript of the Nativity story, through which the Abbot hopes to make the monastery famous.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In 1171 twelve-year-old Hugh, burdened with a crippled leg since birth, is unhappy when his nobleman father, forced into exile in the bloody aftermath of King Henry's confrontation with Archbishop Thomas Becket, leaves him in the care of the monks of Glastonbury Abbey.
13) Moonlight kite
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The last three monks at a monastery have their lives enriched by the presence of children flying kites outside their walls.
Author
Series
An Ateban Cipher novel volume 1
Language
English
Description
What's the secret of the book, and why is it so valuable? These are the questions Gabe must answer when a dying man hands him a coded manuscript with one instruction: take it to Aidan. Gabe is hurled into a quest that takes him beyond his monastery home and into a world of danger, political intrigue, and adventure. As he seeks to decipher the code and find a mystery man who may not even exist, Gabe learns that survival must be earned and that some...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.
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