Meloy, Maile. <br/><br/>
The apothecary / 
Maile Meloy ; with illustrations by Ian Schoenherr. 
 - 353 p. :  ill ;  22 cm. 
 - Apothecary ;  bk. 1 .
<br/><br/> 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.  School Library Journal.  Pub Weekly.  New York Times. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 4.9  Follett Library Resources.  5-8  Follett Library Resources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399256271 (trade) 9780329946159 (Follett bdg.) 039925627X 0329946153 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010045003 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cold War--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Alchemy--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Cold War--Fiction.<br/>Alchemy--Fiction.<br/>Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.<br/>Cold war--Fiction.<br/>Alchemy--Fiction.<br/>Adventure fiction.<br/>Cold War--Fiction.<br/>Alchemy--Fiction.<br/>Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>London (England)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952---Juvenile fiction.<br/>London (England)--History--Fiction.<br/>Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952---Fiction.<br/>London (England)--History--Fiction.<br/>Great Britain--History--1952-<br/>London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.<br/>Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952---Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Adventure fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.M516354  / Ap 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]