Maresi
core novel 2014 The Red Abbey Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  SV |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.76 (8,682 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 246 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781782690924 |
Synopsis
Maresi is the first novel in Maria Turtschaninoff's Red Abbey Chronicles, a Finnish fantasy series. It is set on the Red Abbey, an island refuge governed entirely by women that shelters girls and women fleeing danger or hardship from the outside world, and is narrated by Maresi, a thirteen-year-old novice who fled famine in her home village years earlier and has since built a quiet, studious life within the Abbey's walls and extensive library. Her sheltered existence is upended when Jai, a newcomer fleeing a violent past that has followed her even to the supposedly safe Abbey, arrives seeking sanctuary, forcing Maresi and the Abbey's other women to confront a danger from the outside world they had believed could never reach them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Red Abbey Chronicles
- Series: The Red Abbey Chronicles core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Maria Turtschaninoff
Awards (verified)
- Finlandia Junior Prize (Best Book), 2014: won; Awarded to Maresi, the first Red Abbey Chronicles novel.
Notes
- From the series record (The Red Abbey Chronicles): The complete Red Abbey Chronicles trilogy, Core Canon in full.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Red Abbey Chronicles: position 1 of 3: next Naondel (2016)
Sources
- Encyclopedia entry: Maria Turtschaninoff
- Finnish Institute for Children's Literature: Finlandia Junior prize list
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