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.
year: 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: scribes, juvenile fiction, monks, monasteries, determination (personality trait), middle ages, ireland, history, to 1172, juvenile fiction, fiction