Georgia Children's Book Award
2017 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Finalist
About This Book
FRIENDS AND FOES.
DANGER AND MAGIC.
DEATH AND LIFE.
Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.
Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.
All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him.
So he tries his best to do his worst —and fails at failing.
Now the Magisterium awaits him. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister, with dark tics to his past and a twisty path to his future.
The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come ...
From the remarkable imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown.
DANGER AND MAGIC.
DEATH AND LIFE.
Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial.
Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail.
All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him.
So he tries his best to do his worst —and fails at failing.
Now the Magisterium awaits him. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister, with dark tics to his past and a twisty path to his future.
The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come ...
From the remarkable imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown.
Series Placement
Awards
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2016 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
RT Book Reviews
2014 · Top Pick
Junior Library Guild
2014 · Selection
RT Reviewers Choice Award
2014 · Middle Grade Protagonist · Winner
