The Key & the Flame

By Claire M. Caterer

Book Overview

A gutsy girl unlocks a magical universe--and the danger that lies within--in this "sprightly" and "exciting" middle grade fantasy adventure (Publishers Weekly).

Eleven-year-old Holly Shepard longs for adventure, some escape from her humdrum life. That is precisely what she gets when she is given an old iron key that unlocks a door--in a tree.

Holly crosses the threshold into a stunning and magical medieval world, Anglielle. And as she does so, something unlocks within Holly: a primal, powerful magic. Holly is joined on her journey by two tagalongs--her younger brother Ben, and Everett, an English boy who hungers after Holly's newfound magic and carries a few secrets of his own.

When Ben and Everett are sentenced to death by the royals, whose fear of magic has fueled a violent, systemic slaughter of all enchanted creatures, Holly must save them and find a way back home. But will she be able to muster the courage and rise above her ordinary past to become an extraordinary hero?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442457422
• ISBN13: 9781442457423
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7