Wickit Chronicles Series by Joan Lennon

You'd think growing up in a medieval abbey, surrounded by nothing but monks and hundreds of miles of swamp, would be pretty boring. Pip thinks so too, until the day he meets Perfect, a small stone gargoyle with a life of her own. Before long, the two find themselves in the midst of an assassination attempt against the new king, escaping into the cold dark night, being chased across the fens by a man bent on killing them ...Boring? Not so much.

Trouble is heading for Wickit Monastery through the sweltering summer Fens - from the King's court comes Cedric with a chip on his shoulder, and from the land of the Vikings, Rane, a beautiful Norse girl, who arrives with henchmen. But what are they really here for? Pip the orphan and Perfect the stone gargoyle find themselves caught up in a search for buried treasure, which leads them across the marshes, all the way to the dreaded Black Bog, the very last place they want to be... moreTrouble is heading for Wickit Monastery through the sweltering summer Fens - from the King's court comes Cedric with a chip on his shoulder, and from the land of the Vikings, Rane, a beautiful Norse girl, who arrives with henchmen. But what are they really here for? Pip the orphan and Perfect the stone gargoyle find themselves caught up in a search for buried treasure, which leads them across the marshes, all the way to the dreaded Black Bog, the very last place they want to be. And all the while, they can't shake the feeling they're being watched... less

It's the harshest winter anyone can remember, and the vast waterways of the Fens are frozen solid, transformed into an Ice Road. The conditions are ideal for a surprise invasion by young King Arnald's banished uncle. Wickit Monastery is under threat too a bitter illness has struck down almost all the brothers, and a ghost walks across the snow. Can the orphan Pip and Perfect, the stone gargoyle, save the Brothers, their friend the King, and their country?

Medieval fenland comes to life in this fourth volume of the fast-paced mystery-adventure series involving the orphaned Pip and his and his companion Perfect, the living, breathing, stone gargoyle.