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Back to Blackbrick
Back to Blackbrick
Back to Blackbrick
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
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.
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Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12
Back to Blackbrick review by jotaf
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jotaf

Back to Blackbrick is a story about a teen boy trying to fix his grandpa's memory.  His grandpa, in a rare moment of clarity, gives him a key and tells him to go to this place called Blackbrick by the south gate.  He discovers that, when he goes through the gate, he goes back in time to his grandpa's past.  When he goes to the past, though, he discovers that his grandpa is in love with someone other than his grandma.  So in order to continue existing in the present, he needs to fix his grandpa up with his grandma.  This touching, sometimes f

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

Content rating - some mature content
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