Black Powder

Author: Sherrick, Ally

Reading age: from c 10 years

Published on 4 August 2016 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 320 pages
131 x 198 x 23 | 224g

A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of

the Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot – winner of the Historical

Association Young Quills Award!

' ... a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulent

year of the gunpowder plot in Black Powder with impossibly

divided loyalties.' JULIA GOLDING, AUTHOR OF THE

DIAMOND OF DRURY LANE

'With its constant reversals and twists and turns, Tom's story

is almost as complex as the pliot and counter-plot of the Gunpowder

Treason itself ... The writing is lively and the pace never

flags.' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

England, 1605: 12-year-old Tom must save

his father from hanging.

He falls in with a mysterious stranger – the Falcon –

who promises to help him in exchange for his service.

But on the long journey to London, Tom discovers the Falcon’s

true mission – and a plot to blow up Parliament with

barrels of black powder.

Tom faces a terrible decision: secure his father’s release,

or stop the assassination of the king …

A rip-roaring, action-packed life-and-death quest, packed

with history and adventure

Set at the time of the Gunpowder Plot and featuring Guy

Fawkes – perfect for Bonfire Night and beyond

Ideal for readers aged nine and up

Check out more historical adventures by Ally Sherrick:

THE BURIED CROWN, VITA AND THE GLADIATOR and THE QUEEN'S FOOL