The Apprentices

273 Pages·2013·3.03 MB·English

by  Meloy Maile

The Apprentices

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Meloy, Maile. The apprentices / Maile Meloy; [illustrated by Ian Schoenherr].
pages cm
Summary: “Two years after parting, Benjamin and Janie reunite via
magical communication to prevent a global catastrophe”—Provided by publisher.
[1. Alchemy—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 4. Voyages and travels
—Fiction. 5. Southeast Asia—History—1945—Fiction.] I. Schoenherr, Ian, illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.M516354App 2013 [Fic]—dc23 2012048715
ISBN: 978-1-101-59922-8
For Gwendolyn, Scarlett, and Sawyer
Table of Contents
Part One: Separation
Chapter 1: Grayson Academy
Chapter 2: The Test
Chapter 3: Exile
Chapter 4: Dishwashing
Chapter 5: A Reprieve
Chapter 6: Success
Chapter 7: The Headmaster
Chapter 8: Code-breaking
Chapter 9: An Invitation
Chapter 10: Contact
Part Two: Opposition
Chapter 11: Field Medics
Chapter 12: Homecoming
Chapter 13: First Do No Harm
Chapter 14: YES or NO
Chapter 15: The Mickey Finn
Chapter 16: The Cat
Chapter 17: The Kiss
Chapter 18: Sidetracked
Chapter 19: The Message
Chapter 20: Theft
Part Three: Conjunction
Chapter 21: The United States
Chapter 22: The Notebook
Chapter 23: Winter Wonderland
Chapter 24: The Game of Murder
Chapter 25: Breaking and Entering
Chapter 26: A Confession
Chapter 27: Kidnapped
Chapter 28: Transport
Part Four: Transmutation
Chapter 29: Flight
Chapter 30: Alistiar Beane
Chapter 31: The Sea Eagle
Chapter 32: Copley Square
Chapter 33: Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
Chapter 34: Splintered
Chapter 35: A Dream
Part Five: Precipitation
Chapter 36: John Frum, He Must Come
Chapter 37: Funny Business
Chapter 38: The Gap
Chapter 39: Floating
Chapter 40: Sprung
Chapter 41: Escape
Chapter 42: Bird People
Chapter 43: The Mine
Chapter 44: The Swamp
Chapter 45: Babysitting
Chapter 46: A Squall
Chapter 47: Underground
Chapter 48: A Sail
Part Six: Corrosion
Chapter 49: At Sea
Chapter 50: The Materia Medica
Chapter 51: Underwater
Chapter 52: Alkahest
Chapter 53: Camouflage
Chapter 54: Aloha ‘Oe
Chapter 55: Another Ghost
Chapter 56: The Miller’s Daughter
Part Seven: Germination
Chapter 57: The Confrontation
Chapter 58: The Count
Chapter 59: Unintended Consequences
Chapter 60: Danby
Chapter 61: Arrival
Chapter 62: Fugitive
Chapter 63: The Apothecary
Chapter 64: The Envoy
Chapter 65: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Epilogue: Cargo

PART ONE
Separation
1. the action or state of being moved apart
2. the process of sorting and then extracting a specified substance for
use or rejection