Meloy, Maile

"An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life"--.

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.

Teenagers Janie and Benjamin continue to explore the secrets of the Pharmacopoeia while Benjamin risks everything to find a way to connect with his father.

Teenagers Janie and Benjamin continue to explore the secrets of the Pharmacopoeia while Benjamin risks everything to find a way to connect with his father.

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.

In 1954, Janie Scott has started boarding school in New Hampshire, but she often thinks about her friends, the apothecary and his son, Benjamin. On the other side of the world, Benjamin has become a doctor and is treating wounded soldiers in jungle warfare. Developing a magical way to communicate with Janie instantly has proved troublesome. More troublesome are the sinister forces moving in on Janie to take control of a new experiment of hers.

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.

"Two years after parting from Benjamin, Janie reunites via magical communication to prevent a global catastrophe"--Provided by publisher.

Contains eleven short fiction stories in which author Maile Meloy explores the lives of characters caught between innocence and experience, fidelity and desire, and impulse and stability.

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.