The Book of Secrets , and The Book of Answers , by A.L. Tait (together comprising the Ateban Cipher duology, Kane Miller, 2019 in the US), tell of a mysterious book and the boy who becomes its protector. If you like reading about the high.jinks of the plucky medieval kids thwarting bad guys, you'll enjoy these two books lots. Gabe, the main character, is not the sort of reader who enjoys books about plucky kids thwarting bad guys (although he's never read any). Growing up in the monastery where he was left as a foundling, he loves the books in the monastic library, and has never thought about living elsewhere. But then an old monk is attacked, and badly injured, and is barely able to hand Gabe a precious book, with an enigmatic command--"take it to Aiden." When Gabe rushes to find help for Brother Benedict, he finds instead that there's a conspiracy at foot in his monastery, and it's no longer a safe place for him or the book. Woefully unprepared for life o...
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