Jinks, Catherine. Pagan's Vows.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)

JINKS, Catherine. Pagan's Vows. 330p. (The Pagan Chronicles Series). map. CIP. Candlewick. Sept. 2004. RTE 916.99. ISBN 0-7636-2021-1. LC 2004045775.

Gr 7-9--Life in a medieval monastery, is rife with venomous characters and underhanded dealings in this unfocused series offering set in 1188. Squire Pagan Kidrouk and his master, Lord Roland, have entered the Abbey of St. Martin to train as monks. Life consists of memorizing Latin passages, praying, and staying out of trouble. Pagan begins to hear whispers of a bribery scheme involving the cover-up of a church official's pedophilia, and when he begins to unravel the threads of the scandal, he changes the course of not …