Pagan Chronicles Series by Catherine Jinks

3.75 · 40 ratings
  • Pagan's Crusade: Book One of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #1)
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    Pagan's Crusade: Book One of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #1)

    Catherine Jinks

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1992

    "Jinks's alternately hilarious, often poignant novel turns medieval history into fodder for both high comedy and allegory." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)Down on his luck and kicked in the pants one too many times, Pagan Kidrouk arrives on the doorstep of the Templar Knights in medieval Jerusalem, looking for work as a squire... more

  • Pagan in Exile: Book Two of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #2)
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    Pagan in Exile: Book Two of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #2)

    Catherine Jinks

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1994

    "The setting is medieval, but the issues addressed have twenty-first century parallels. . . . Jinks's writing is the tour de force of young adult prose." —VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATESThe year is 1188, and Jerusalem is in the hands of the Infidel. Upstanding Crusaders and their squires — like Lord Roland Roucy de Bram and Pagan Kidrouk — are returning to Europe, hoping to rally more knights to their cause... more

  • Pagan's Vows (Pagan Chronicles #3)
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    Pagan's Vows (Pagan Chronicles #3)

    Catherine Jinks

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1995

    "Jinks again displays an amazing knack for blending utterly convincing period detail, earthy wisecracking, and profound respect for courtly and spiritual ideals."--BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS Having renounced the sword, Pagan and Lord Roland arrive at the Abbey of St. Martin to devote their lives to God... more

  • Pagan's Scribe: Book Four of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #4)
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    Pagan's Scribe: Book Four of the Pagan Chronicles (Pagan Chronicles #4)

    Catherine Jinks

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1996

    "Rich in authentic detail, humor, grief, and deep insight into the life of the mind as well as the heart, this makes a fitting close to a high-water mark in historical fiction." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)Impressed by the bookish Isidore, Pagan Kidrouk — now Archdeacon of Carcassonne — hires the boy as his scribe. Eager to flee a cloistered existence, naive Isidore quickly discovers that the real world isn't all as the poets and philosophers claim... more

  • Babylonne (Pagan Chronicles #5)
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    Babylonne (Pagan Chronicles #5)

    Catherine Jinks

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2006

    Exotic and exciting, this unflinching coming-of-age tale featuring a headstrong heroine weaves a vivid tapestry of life in the Middle Ages.Early thirteenth-century Languedoc is a place of valor, violence, and persecution. At age sixteen, Babylonne has survived six bloody sieges. She's tough, resourceful, and — now that her strict aunt and abusive grandmother intend to marry her off to a senile old man —desperate... more

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