Black Powder

**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