Kevin Sands
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Christopher Rowe has no idea who he is. After being shipwrecked in Devonshire, he wakes up alone, his memories gone. Villagers tell him he was possessed by an unseen evil, and only became conscious after being visited by the local witch. As Christopher tries to get his bearings, he realizes his current state may be far from coincidence. Dark events have been happening in this corner of Britain--village children are disappearing without a trace. There...
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are ordered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
In 1666, after four months away, friends Christopher Rowe, Tom, and Sally return to London triumphantly but, guided by coded riddles, face a conspiracy that threatens Christopher, as well as the King himself.
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.