An angel is buried behind the abbey! It’s 1347, and Will, an orphan boy, lives and works as an apprentice of the Crowfield monks. Sent into the forest to gather firewood, he stumbles across a trapped, wounded creature no bigger than a cat.The little goblin shares a terrible secret: Buried deep in the snow behind the monastery is an angel. But, Will wonders, how can an angel die? And what does this angel have to do with the history of Crowfield? When two cloaked strangers show up and start asking questions, Will is drawn into a dangerous world of Old Magic.
- ISBN: 9780545229227
- Author: Walsh, Pat
- Published: 2010 , Scholastic Inc.
- Themes: action, Adventures, Angels, Magic, Medieval Europe, Orphans
- Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 336