| The Castle Key Contributor(s): Krossing, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0929141768 ISBN-13: 9780929141763 Publisher: Napoleon and Co OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: Twelve year-old Moon lives with her father after the mysterious departure of her mother. She leaves Moon with nothing but a beautiful ring, which also mysteriously vanishes. Moon, who yearns to see her mother again, believes strongly that someday she will. She develops an interest in magic as a way to find her mother and her friend Duncan is eager to assist. Her breakthrough comes when she finds a curious key in the office of the school librarian. When Moon touches the key, she becomes an invisible observer in the middle ages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.14" W x 7.48" (0.47 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 64070 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twelve-year-old Moon lives with her father after her mother disappears, leaving her with nothing but a beautiful ring, which also mysteriously vanishes. After her mother's departure, her father has become unusually depressed and moody. Moon, however, firmly believes that she will see her mother again and develops a strong interest in magic as a way to find her. Her breakthrough comes when she finds a strange key in the office of Ms. Tanglemoth, the intimidating school librarian. When Moon holds the key, she is transported back in time as an invisible observer to the middle ages, where young Nora, who bears a strong resemblance to Moon's mother, is oppressed both by her father and his enemies. Moon gradually realizes that she and the key are the means to giving Nora's murdered ghost peace and to restoring her own mother to her. But how exactly is this to be accomplished? |
Contributor Bio(s): Krossing, Karen: - Karen Krossing was born and raised in Richmond Hill, Ontario KarenĀ's first short story, "Dragon's Breath," was published in 1998 in Opening Tricks, a collection of the third Thistledown Press young adult short story competition. The Castle Key was her first novel for children. Karen loves books about magic, and secretly believes that magic is real. But she also enjoys gritty, realistic fiction and non-fiction. She currently lives in Toronto. |