← Back to search
Cover of Black Powder

Black Powder

Staton Rabin (2005)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.61
Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop.org ↗Buy on Apple Books ↗

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathDeath of ChildGun ViolenceGrief

Positive tags

Coming of AgeFriendshipSelf-DiscoveryAdventure

Protagonist archetypes

Time TravelerComing-of-Age ProtagonistVengeance-Driven

Tropes

Time TravelReluctant HeroFish out of WaterMentor FigureQuestButterfly Effect

Themes

GriefFriendship and LossConsequences of TechnologyHistorical ResponsibilityChanging the PastComing of AgeEthics of Invention

Synopsis

After his best friend is shot and killed, fourteen-year-old Langston borrows his science teacher's time machine and travels from Los Angeles in 2010 to Oxford, England, in 1278 to try to prevent Roger Bacon from publishing his formula for gunpowder.

Tags

Historical FantasyTime TravelScience Fiction ElementsYoung Adult