A rip-roaring historical adventure set at the time of the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot - winner of the. Tom becomes friends with Fawkes, meets his troublesome allies and their enemies and must battle a very dangerous London to try and rescue his father as well as – potentially – try and stop Guy Fawkes blowing up the King and Parliament. Written by: Ally Sherrick Format: Paperback / softback. Reading partly like a incredibly fun history lesson of how Protestants and Catholics fought one another under the reign of a manipulated King, Ally Sherrick brilliantly weaves Tom’s fictional story (about his father helping a Catholic priest so therefore committing a heinous crime to be hanged for) into the 1605 gunpowder plot. The mysterious man is called The Falcon and I won’t be giving anything away to say this man turns out to be a certain Guy Fawkes on his way to try and blow up Parliament with his gang of fanatical Roman Catholics. But on the long journey to London, Tom discovers the Falcon's true mission - a plot to blow up King and Parliament. He falls in with a mysterious stranger, the Falcon, who promises to help him in exchange for his service. He falls in with a mysterious stranger - the Falcon - who promises to help him in exchange for his service. 12-year-old Tom must save his father from hanging. Sneaking around one night, Tom meets a man smuggling some barrels of gunpowder and is promptly captured by him. Twelve-year-old Tom must save his father from being hanged. Black Powder by Ally Sherrick 9-11 VIEW IN EDSHED England, 1605.

Poverty-stricken Tom and his little pet mouse, Jago, discover they have rich relatives, and – amongst the backdrop of a Catholic-hating society – they try to persuade that family to help them stop his dad being hung. Buy Black Powder by Ally Sherrick from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

Black Powder by Ally Sherrick is a really fun, indulging and involving gunpowder plot adventure where a boy called Tom Garnett sets out to rescue his father from the hangman’s noose.

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