The Key & the Flame

By Claire M. Caterer

Book Overview

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?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442457414
• ISBN13: 9781442457416
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7