01_-_The_Alchemyst

Summary: While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San
Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves
caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists,
Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and
powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
eISBN: 978-0-375-84317-4
(Gibraltar lib. bdg.)
1. Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418—Juvenile fiction. 2. Dee, John, 1527–1608
—Juvenile fiction. [1. Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418—Fiction. 2. Dee, John,
1527–1608—Fiction. 3. Alchemists—Fiction. 4. Magic—Fiction. 5.
Supernatural—Fiction. 6. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 7. Twins—Fiction.
8. San Francisco (Calif.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S42736Alc 2007
[Fic]—dc22
2006024417