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The apothecary exists in a class with scotts alchemist series, riordans lightening thief series, divergent and michael vay and is simply wonderful. One day, the apothecary was kidnapped by the soviet and he gave benjamin his ancient book the pharmacopoeia and told him to protect it from the people who want to take it. The apothecary by maile meloy, ian schoenherr kirkus. Parents need to know that the apothecary is an engaging, wellwritten story by an awardwinning adult author who has successfully turned to a younger audience without simply dumbing down adult themes. Love, magic, adventure, ghosts in thrilling series finale. Some social and ethical complexities may be a bit much for younger kids, e. The book was published in multiple languages including english language, consists of 362 pages and is available in hardcover format. But during this program she talks about a novel she wrote for middle readers called the apothecary.
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