Black Powder

by Staton Rabin

South Central
Los Angeles, 2010
Fourteen-year-old Langston Davis's best friend, Neely, has been shot and killed in a gang fight. Langston wishes that he could turn back the clock. But he knows you can't change history. Or can you?
When his science teacher invents a century-hopping time machine, Langston knows exactly what he must do: go back in time to stop the invention of gunpowder...which will prevent the invention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689868766
• ISBN13: 9780689868764
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Black Powder

My twelve and ten year old sons and I loved this book. It is a fast paced historical fiction / adventure / suspense story that had them on the edge of their seats. It has everything boys could want in a book: Action, science fiction, drama, suspense, and humor. It also taught them quite a bit about the origins of gunpowder, historical figures like Dr Robert Bacon, and the living conditions of people and street children in 13th century England.