Shadow in the dark / Anthony Barone Kolenc.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780829448108
- ISBN: 0829448101
- ISBN: 9781544454511
- ISBN: 1544454511
- Physical Description: 229 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Chicago : Loyola Press, [2020]
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10-13 |
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Subject: | Monks > Juvenile fiction. Memory > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Christian fiction. Religious fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Cass County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Garden City | J KOL 2020 (Text) | 0002205526805 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | J KOL 2020 (Text) | 0002205526821 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | J KOL 2020 (Text) | 0002205526839 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
School Library Journal Review
The Shadow in the Dark
School Library Journal
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Gr 4--7--In this series debut set in 12th-century England, Xan cannot remember his home, his parents, or even his real name. He has been taken in by Benedictine monks after suffering a traumatic head injury at the hands of bandits. At Harwood Abbey, Brother Andrew acts as a spiritual instructor, Joshua is a friend, and Lucy could be a romantic interest. Solving the mystery of what happened to his village feels like Xan's calling, but that mystery deepens when a shadowy figure appears on the abbey grounds and the bandits resurface. The text acknowledges violence without gore. Kolenc avoids a heavy didactic tone while exploring themes of forgiveness and of questioning God's role and intervention. There is a potentially problematic reference to a monk seeking permission for self-flagellation. The main text acknowledges this practice as "a dangerous form of penance," but only in the glossary under whipping rod is such practice listed as "condemned by Pope Clement VI in 1349." Readers will appreciate the map of Xan's world and the abbey floor plan. VERDICT An engaging medieval adventure with appeal that transcends its denominational press.--Maria O'Toole, Carroll Manor Elem. Sch., Adamstown, MD