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Author:

Meloy, Maile.

Title:

The apothecary / Maile Meloy ; with illustrations by Ian Schoenherr.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2011

Description:

353 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Cold War--Juvenile fiction.
Alchemy--Juvenile fiction.
London (England)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952---Juvenile fiction.
Cold War--Fiction.
Alchemy--Fiction.
London (England)--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952---Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Cold war--Fiction.
Alchemy--Fiction.
London (England)--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--1952---Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Adventure fiction.

Other Authors:

Schoenherr, Ian, ill.

Summary:

Fourteen-year-old Janie Scott, newly arrived in London from Los Angeles in 1952, becomes friends with a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows, and is drawn into a dangerous adventure with Benjamin when his father is kidnapped and Russian spies try to steal his book of secrets.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012
School Library Journal, December 2011
Pub Weekly, September 2011
New York Times, October 2011
Horn Book, April 2012
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2011
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2011
Kirkus Review, September 2011
Library Media Connection, March 2012
Wilson's Junior High School
School Library Journal
Pub Weekly

ISBN:

0329981439
9780329981433 (Follett bdg.)
0142422061
9780142422069 (pbk.)

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

AIPC937 -- Karl Miles Lecompte Memorial Library (Corydon)

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

TSPC862 -- Norma Anders Public Library (Dysart)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting) — YA