The Key & the Flame

Claire M. Caterer

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781442457423
• eBook ISBN: 9781442457430

A gutsy girl unlocks a magical universe—and the danger that lies within—in this "sprightly" and "exciting" middle grade fantasy adventure ( Publishers Weekly ). Eleven-year-old Holly Shepard longs for adventure, some escape from her humdrum life. That is precisely what she gets when she is given an old iron key that unlocks a door—in a tree.Holly crosses the threshold into a stunning and magical medieval world, Anglielle. And as she does so, something unlocks within Holly: a primal, powerful magic. Holly is joined on her journey by two tagalongs—her younger brother Ben, and Everett, an English boy who hungers after Holly's newfound magic and carries a few secrets of his own. When Ben and Everett are sentenced to death by the royals, whose fear of magic has fueled a violent, systemic slaughter of all enchanted creatures, Holly must save them and find a way back home. But will she be able to muster the courage and rise above her ordinary past to become an extraordinary hero?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: The Wish
• Chapter 2: The Announcement
• Chapter 3: The Gift
• Chapter 4: The Caretaker
• Chapter 5: Through the Glade
• Chapter 6: The Shaws
• Chapter 7: The Castle
• Chapter 8: Number Seven, Hodges Close
• Chapter 9: Holly’s Choice
• Chapter 10: The Strongest Beech
• Chapter 11: The Wand
• Chapter 12: A Safe Haven
• Chapter 13: What Happened to the Boys
• Chapter 14: Holly’s Resolve
• Chapter 15: The Test
• Chapter 16: The Leogryff
• Chapter 17: Flight
• Chapter 18: In the Tower
• Chapter 19: The Audience
• Chapter 20: A Nighttime Visitor
• Chapter 21: Everett’s Secret
• Chapter 22: The Queen
• Chapter 23: Her Majesty’s Order
• Chapter 24: The Elemental
• Chapter 25: The Enemy of the Good Folk
• Chapter 26: Morning’s Plan
• Chapter 27: Sol
• Chapter 28: The Agreement
• Chapter 29: Knights Rest
• Chapter 30: The Lesson
• Chapter 31: Into the Fire
• Chapter 32: The Wandwright
• Chapter 33: The Stolen Wand
• Chapter 34: Forging the Wand
• Chapter 35: The Unlocking Spell
• Chapter 36: Message from the Dvergar
• Chapter 37: The Return of the King
• Chapter 38: His Majesty’s Knight
• Chapter 39: Lady in Waiting
• Chapter 40: Jade’s Message
• Chapter 41: The Joust
• Chapter 42: The Vanishment
• Chapter 43: In the Woods
• Chapter 44: Through the Fire
• Chapter 45: Teatime at Number Seven
• Acknowledgments
• About Claire M. Caterer
• Copyright