Vocabulary Lesson
Nimbus; page 12
The luminous "halo" that appears surrounding a holy being or Saint.

I read several books from this series when I was young & this was one of my favorites. I bought a used copy recently wondering if it was still as good as what I remembered & I finished it in one sitting. It has a nice amount of history with a coming to age aspect that's quite extraordinary. It does have a junior fiction "feel" however I did enjoy the diary style writing.