Harwood Mysteries Activities
Travel to medieval England through the Harwood Mysteries. This series of exciting middle-school adventures features a boy named Xan and his friends. Online games and word puzzles accompany each book in the series to help readers understand life in an abbey and the surrounding villages of Xan’s world.
Use the floorplan of an abbey at the front of Book 1, Shadow in the Dark, to help in labeling the parts of an abbey.
The Haunted Cathedral Crossword Puzzle
Use the glossary at the end of Book 2, The Haunted Cathedral, to solve a crossword puzzle.
Find terms from the glossary at the end of Book 3, The Fire of Eden, in a word search.
The Merchant’s Curse Word Scramble
Unscramble terms from the glossary at the end of Book 4, The Merchant’s Curse.
Murder at Penwood Manor Vocabulary Match
Match words with their definitions from the glossary of Book 5, Murder at Penwood Manor.
The Devil’s Ransom Alphabet Game
Identify terms from the glossary at the end of Book 6, The Devil’s Ransom..