The Key & the Flame (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442457416)

In this middle-grade fantasy adventure, a gutsy girl unlocks a magical universe--and the danger that lies within.

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?

Author: Claire M. Caterer
ISBN-10: 1442457414
ISBN-13: 9781442457416
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2013
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 159663 / Key & the Flame


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/18/2013
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013
Booklist 04/15/2013 pg. 60
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2013 pg. 456
School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 114
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 71 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw