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Fawkes: A Novel
by Nadine Brandes - Thomas Fawkes has successfully hidden his infection of Stone Plague for most of his school term and believes that when he receives his color mask he'll be able to pursue a cure for the plague that turns people to stone. But his father, Guy Fawkes, doesn't show up or send a mask for the ceremony, and Thomas leaves the school in disgrace. He goes to London to find his father and demand his mask, and finds himself included in the developing plot to assassinate King James and cripple Parliament.
England is deeply divided between the Igniters who are in power, and the Keepers, who are being imprisoned and persecuted. Igniters believe that they can speak directly to White Light, and that the Keepers are the cause of the deadly Stone Plague. Keepers believe that each person should stick to their own color power and that it's the Igniters that caused the plague. The Keepers come up with the Gunpowder plot thinking that they will be able to place a Keeper on the throne and end the Stone Plague.
Thomas desperately wants his father's approval and the color mask that only a father can give his son, but as time goes on he starts to question the plot and the position of the Keepers against White Light. Especially as he gets to know a schoolmate, Emma, who is an Igniter and challenges him to seek the truth. Is White Light trying to stop the plot? And who or what is really causing the Stone Plague, and how can it be stopped?
This fascinating novel imaginatively combines the historical events and setting of the actual Gunpowder Plot of 17th century England with the magic and fantasy aspect of color powers. The magic aspects of the story are well thought out and quite seamlessly blend into motives and background for the historical events.
by Nadine Brandes - Thomas Fawkes has successfully hidden his infection of Stone Plague for most of his school term and believes that when he receives his color mask he'll be able to pursue a cure for the plague that turns people to stone. But his father, Guy Fawkes, doesn't show up or send a mask for the ceremony, and Thomas leaves the school in disgrace. He goes to London to find his father and demand his mask, and finds himself included in the developing plot to assassinate King James and cripple Parliament.England is deeply divided between the Igniters who are in power, and the Keepers, who are being imprisoned and persecuted. Igniters believe that they can speak directly to White Light, and that the Keepers are the cause of the deadly Stone Plague. Keepers believe that each person should stick to their own color power and that it's the Igniters that caused the plague. The Keepers come up with the Gunpowder plot thinking that they will be able to place a Keeper on the throne and end the Stone Plague.
Thomas desperately wants his father's approval and the color mask that only a father can give his son, but as time goes on he starts to question the plot and the position of the Keepers against White Light. Especially as he gets to know a schoolmate, Emma, who is an Igniter and challenges him to seek the truth. Is White Light trying to stop the plot? And who or what is really causing the Stone Plague, and how can it be stopped?
This fascinating novel imaginatively combines the historical events and setting of the actual Gunpowder Plot of 17th century England with the magic and fantasy aspect of color powers. The magic aspects of the story are well thought out and quite seamlessly blend into motives and background for the historical events.
This book is a Children's Book (it's a YA title) for the Full House Reading Challenge 2018 hosted by The Book Date.
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