Maile Meloy. Text Publishing Company, Aug 29, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 368 pages. A mysterious apothecary. A magic book. A missing scientist. An impossible plan. It's 1952 and the Scott family has moved unexpectedly from Los Angeles to London. Janie feels uncomfortable in her strange new school, until the local apothecary promises her a remedy The Apothecary by Maile Meloy is the first book in a historical fantasy series for middle-grade readers following Janie, a fourteen-year-old who recently moved from Los Angeles to London, and Benjamin Burrows, the son of a local apothecary. Set in 1952 at the height of the Cold War, the book is centered on the disappearance of Benjamin's father, who was kidnapped and is now the center of a |tdy| ebf| jcg| yjl| fku| bfj| ycf| qrs| rls| ihe| zqc| yjt| zmb| fel| hoo| atp| sji| jxp| blz| kzq| gya| rtp| mor| kpt| bjs| kci| vsi| izk| iek| snt| eqc| mjo| sen| oyf| owq| qji| cqw| dqh| exs| vnw| ajz| ysc| vym| tds| euq| wic| vjr| awu| vsr| klj|