The Apothecary

301 Pages·2011·3.37 MB·English

by  Meloy Maile

The Apothecary
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
THE APOTHECARY
Maile Meloy

with illustrations by
IAN SCHOENHERR
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

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BERT THE TURTLE (THE DUCK AND COVER SONG)
By Leon Carr and Leo Corday
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Meloy, Maile. The Apothecary / Maile Meloy. p. cm. Summary: Follows a
fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she
moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from
nuclear war. 1. Cold War—Juvenile fiction. [1. Cold War—Fiction. 2. Alchemy
—Fiction. 3. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 4. London (England)—
History—20th century—Fiction. 5. Great Britain—History—Elizabeth II, 1952
—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.M516354Ap 2011 [Fic]—dc22 2010045003
ISBN: 978-1-1015-3574-5
For Franny
Contents

A note to the reader
CHAPTER 1 Followed
CHAPTER 2 The Apothecary
CHAPTER 3 St. Beden’s School
CHAPTER 4 Spies
CHAPTER 5 Sherwood Forest
CHAPTER 6 His Excellency
CHAPTER 7 The Message
CHAPTER 8 The Pharmacopoeia
CHAPTER 9 The Physic Garden
CHAPTER 10 The Smell of Truth
CHAPTER 11 The Samovar
CHAPTER 12 The Return to the Garden
CHAPTER 13 The Gardener’s Letter
CHAPTER 14 Scotland Yard
CHAPTER 15 Turnbull Hall
CHAPTER 16 The Pickpocket
CHAPTER 17 Flight
CHAPTER 18 The Opera Game
CHAPTER 19 Invisible
CHAPTER 20 The Bunker
CHAPTER 21 The Oil of Mnemosyne
CHAPTER 22 The Pillar of Salt
CHAPTER 23 The Apothecary’s Plan
CHAPTER 24 The Dark Force
CHAPTER 25 Science Team
CHAPTER 26 At Lady Sarah’s
CHAPTER 27 The Port of London
CHAPTER 28 Breaking and Entering
CHAPTER 29 The Kong Olaf
CHAPTER 30 The Anniken
CHAPTER 31 The Execution
CHAPTER 32 Genii