The Key and the Flame by Claire M. Caterer

If you were the sort who longed for more than that-if, for example, you interrupted Ms. Every June, the town put on a carnival with two inflatable rides and a Ferris wheel. Everyone bought clothes at the same mall and saw movies at the thirty-theater megaplex and ate dinner at the same reasonably priced family dining establishment. She attended a midsize school in a town that was neither bustling with glittering skyscrapers and dark alleyways nor quaint with eccentric musicians and Main Street bookshops. It might have been mildly interesting if she had lived in the exact middle, but when Holly looked it up, she saw that her suburb was off by a few hundred miles, so it lacked even that distinction. The multi-threaded narrative offers a variety of young heroes for readers to root for, and ite(tm)s jam-packed with memorable secondary characters of the magical sort, like sleek leogryffs, tricky fairies, and a talking cat.Holly Shepard lived on a block of identical houses in the middle of the American Midwest. The book's pace is sprightly, and Holly's adventures are exciting without being too scary., eoeA fun-filled reade a solid fantasy in the classic tradition. Chronicles of Narnia fans will rally around this debut fantasy novel and ask for the forthcoming sequel., Caterer is especially good at creating believable children in all of their human imperfections.

Magic creatures, realistic human emotions, and the children's very different personalities are well knit into a rich drama that lasts the full summer., Filled with swordfights, spells, and an endearing cast of creatures, Hollye(tm)s journey makes for a rousing adventure. The multi-threaded narrative offers a variety of young heroes for readers to root for, and it's jam-packed with memorable secondary characters of the magical sort, like sleek leogryffs, tricky fairies, and a talking cat., In her debut novel, Caterer quickly builds a fantasy that involves time travel and switching identities as Holly, Ben, and their new friend Everett enter a tree, using Holly's key, and find themselves identified as enemy agents by a fantasy analog of thirteenth-century England. a solid fantasy in the classic tradition.

Chronicles of Narnia fans will rally around this debut fantasy novel and ask for the forthcoming sequel., A fun-filled read. Filled with swordfights, spells, and an endearing cast of creatures, Holly's journey makes for a rousing adventure.

The Key and the Flame by Claire M. Caterer