The Young Young Critics’ Club (Y2C2), Perrot’s book club for 4th- and 5th-graders, has declared that its favorite book of 2015/2016 is…
THE BLACKTHORN KEY, by Kevin Sands
Tell no one what I’ve given you. Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, learning how to solve complex codes and puzzles and creating powerful medicines, potions, and weapons as an apprentice to Master Benedict Blackthorn— with maybe an explosion or two along the way. But when a mysterious cult begins to prey on London’s apothecaries, the trail of murders grows closer and closer to Blackthorn’s shop. With time running out, Christopher must use every skill he’s learned to discover the key to a terrible secret with the power to tear the world apart.
