Back to Blackbrick (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442481558)

Cosmo must journey to the past to understand his future in this humorous, heartbreaking, and brilliantly original debut novel.

Cosmo's granddad used to be the cleverest person he ever knew. That is, until his granddad's mind began to fail. In a rare moment of clarity, his granddad gives Cosmo a key and pleads with Cosmo to go to the South Gates of Blackbrick Abbey, where his granddad promises an "answer to everything." In the dead of night, Cosmo does just that.

When Cosmo unlocks the rusty old gates, he is whisked back to Blackbrick of years past, along with his granddad--now just sixteen-years old and sharp as a tack--beautiful Maggie, and the absolutely dreadful Corporamore family. But much more than time travel adventure awaits Cosmo on the old, sprawling estate: he'll also discover revealing truths about his granddad, his family, and himself.

Abounding with humor and heart, this extraordinary novel is an original, unforgettable story about lost memories, lost times, and lost lives, reclaimed.

Author: Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
ISBN-10: 1442481552
ISBN-13: 9781442481558
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2013
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 161946 / Back to Blackbrick


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013
Publishers Weekly 07/29/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2013 pg. 88
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2013 pg. 95
School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 102
Booklist 10/15/2013 pg. 62
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average