The Blackthorn Key
School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7
Published: 2015
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Blackthorn Key, The Blackthorn .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
This book was published in 2015 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
Since escaping from university with a pair of degrees in theoretical physics, Kevin Sands has worked as a researcher, a business consultant and a teacher. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
Adventures in literature
Edgar Allen Poe Award for Children Nominees
Waterstones Children's Book Prize: 5-12 years
Europe in literature
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Cybils Award - Fiction - Middle Grade
This book was recognised in the Fiction - Middle Grade category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.
Parents' Choice Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Parents' Choice Award.
Waterstones Children's Book Award - Fiction - Younger Readers
This book was recognised in the Fiction - Younger Readers category by the Waterstones Children's Book Award.
Edgar Allan Poe Award
This book was recognised by the Edgar Allen Poe Award. The Edgars are presented annually by the members of the Mystery Writers of America to distinguished fiction and non-fiction works about crime, mystery and detection — primarily by American authors.
