As in Book 1, the narrator gives the recipe for gunpowder. Like in Book 1, Mark of the Plague delivers swashbuckling adventure, brain-teasing puzzles, several explosions, and assorted gun-brandishing and sword-wielding. One mystery: Who is this stranger who seems to be able to cure the bubonic plague that's ravaging the city - and what's in his medicine? Another: Where (and what) is the mysterious treasure left to 14-year-old Christopher by his late master? As the plot unfolds against a backdrop of the black plague's devastation, the teens suffer beatings, stabbings, poisonings, and more in their efforts to discover and unmask a murderer. Parents need to know that Mark of the Plague is physicist-turned-author Kevin Sands' follow-up to the much-honored The Blackthorn Key, with its teen protagonists facing new dangers and struggling to solve new mysteries in 1665 London. As an apothecary, Christopher makes and administers medications, including "poppy" (opium) to relieve a friend's serious pain, as well as antidotes to poison.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. In keeping with the era, people of all ages consume wine and ale.
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