The Key & the Flame

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?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 06/23/2015
ISBN: 9781442457423
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 159663 / Key & the Flame
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 14