![]() ![]() ![]() In this impeccably researched debut, Christopher learns that there was much more to his kindly, distracted master than he realized - and that his own intellect and confidence are the strongest weapons against evil. His loyal and often unappreciated best friend, Tom, accompanies him on a quest that tests both boys’ mettle, their ability to solve complicated riddles and the strength of their friendship. After Christopher’s master is pulled into the gruesome affair, the boy tries to learn who is behind the murders. But soon apothecaries start turning up dead all over London. Other than an unfortunate incident involving gunpowder and a stuffed bear, his master is happy with him. When Christopher Rowe, the central character of Kevin Sands’s “The Blackthorn Key,” is taken from a miserable life at an orphanage and apprenticed to the gentle, absent-minded apothecary Master Benedict Blackthorn, he displays both curiosity and intelligence. ![]()
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