12-year-old Tom must save his father from hanging. A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of the Gunpowder Plot - winner of the Historical Association Young Quills Award!England, 1605. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. A brilliant adventure guaranteed to set alight young imaginations. Sherrick's exciting novel provides a fascinating English history lesson. Chicken House are spot-on with their summary rip-roaring, historical adventure. The superbly descriptive language is an outstanding feature of the book, gripping the reader and really building up the drama and tension. a fantastic novel with brilliant characters, a great adventure and a dollop of historical atmosphere. (Historical Novel Society)Īt its heart, Black Powder is a wonderful adventure story, fast paced and the short chapters make you want to read just a bit more every time. The writing is lively and the pace never flags. With its constant reversals and twists and turns, Tom's story is almost as complex as the plot and counter-plot of the Gunpowder Treason itself.
Ally Sherrick presents her historical story in an appealing way and the characters and setting are realistically drawn. It's a lively, entertaining and exciting read. (Julia Golding, author of The Diamond of Drury Lane) I loved reading about (and rooting for) Tom, though I have to admit developing a rival soft spot for his mouse. a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulent year of the gunpowder plot in Black Powder with impossibly divided loyalties.
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