Ice Road by Joan Lennon
Ice Road by Joan Lennon
(Suggested reading level: Grades 4-6)
Last time we visited medieval England and the Wickit Monastery in Fen Gold (below) it was summer, but now winter has come to the Fens with a vengeance, the harshest winter anyone can remember. While everyone in the monastery is sick and confined to bed except young Pip, Perfect the dragon gargoyle, and Brother John, not normally the most relied on monk.
"And you know," and Brother John leaned close and lowered his voice, as if about to tell [Pip] a deep dark secret, "you don't need to worry so much, because it's really astonishing how much a silly person can achieve if he has to." Then he nodded sagely a few times and even tried to wink. (pg. 78)
And Pip has to leave Brother John alone at the monastery tending to all the sick. The winter has transformed the vast waterways of the Fens to a solid Ice Road, a situation King...