The Fang of Bonfire Crossing: Legends of the Lost Causes
Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester
Holt Books for Young Readers
Available February 19, 2019
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The Brotherband Chronicles meets the Old West in this rip-roaring middle-grade adventure series filled with dark magic, scrappy heroes, and diabolical villains.
Keech Blackwood and his band of fellow orphans demand justice for their fallen families. But the road to retribution is a long and hard-fought journey.
After defeating Bad Whiskey Nelson, the man who burned Keech’s home to the ground, the Lost Causes have a new mission: find Bonfire Crossing, the mysterious land that holds clues to the whereabouts of the all-powerful Char Stone. Along the way they’ll have to fend off a shapeshifting beast, a swarm of river monsters, and a fearsome desperado named Big Ben Loving who conjures tornadoes out of thin air. It’s an epic standoff between the Lost Causes and the outlaw Reverend Rose, a powerful sorcerer who would be unstoppable with the Stone in his possession.
With the world—and vengeance—hanging in the balance, the Lost Causes are ready for battle.
Praise for Legends of the Lost Causes:
A Junior Library Guild Selection
“This is a fun and exciting story, written with the utmost respect for the Osage culture.” —Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center
“A rip-roaring adventure … filled with cowboys, magic, and a horde of undead villains that’ll have you hunkered down in your bedroll, turning pages long after the campfire has died down.” —Heidi Schulz, author of the New York Times bestselling Hook’s Revenge
“A rollicking adventure filled with mystery and magic that crackles like a brush fire.” —Emma Trevayne, author of The House of Months and Years
“Thrilling, dark, and full of heart, this is a Western like none I’ve ever read. I loved it.” —Stefan Bachmann, author of The Peculiar and The Whatnot
“Vividly drawn characters, evocative writing, thrilling suspense.” —The Buffalo News
Legends of the Lost Causes
Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester
Holt Books for Young ReadersOrder Here
A band of orphan avengers. A cursed stone. A horde of zombie outlaws.
This is Keech Blackwood’s new life after Bad Whiskey Nelson descends upon the Home for Lost Causes and burns it to the ground.
With his home destroyed and his family lost, Keech will have to use the lessons he learned from Pa Abner to hunt down the powerful Char Stone. Luckily, he has the help of a ragtag team of orphans. Together, they’ll travel through treacherous forests, fight off the risen dead, and discover that they share mysterious bonds as they search for the legendary stone. Now it’s a race against the clock, because if Bad Whiskey finds the stone first…all is lost.
But Keech and the other orphans won’t hesitate. Because they’re more than just heroes.
They’re Lost Causes.Legends of the Lost Causes marks the thrilling start to an action-packed middle grade series by debut authors Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester.
Praise for Legends of the Lost Causes
2019 Oklahoma Book Award Winner
A Junior Library Guild Selection
“This is a fun and exciting story, written with the utmost respect for the Osage culture.”
—Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center“A rip-roaring adventure … filled with cowboys, magic, and a horde of undead villains that’ll have you hunkered down in your bedroll, turning pages long after the campfire has died down.”
—Heidi Schulz, author of the New York Times-best selling Hook’s Revenge“Part western, part zombie flick, this pits scrappy, resourceful kids against some menacing villains—always a recipe for success.”
—Maggie Reagan, Associate Editor at Booklist
