Alchemy and Meggy Swann / Karen Cushman.
By: Cushman, Karen.
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BookPublisher: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010Description: 167 p. : map ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780547231846 (trade); 0547231849.Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction | Alchemy -- Juvenile fiction | Poverty -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction | London (England) -- History -- 16th century -- Juvenile fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Juvenile fiction | People with disabilities -- Fiction | Alchemy -- Fiction | Poverty -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Fiction | Handicapped -- Fiction | Alchemy -- Fiction | Poverty -- Fiction | Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction | London (England) -- History -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- 1485-1603, Tudors -- Fiction | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: Meggy Swann, a girl who walks with the aid of two sticks, arrives in Elizabethan London, along with her goose Louise, to stay with her father who really does not want her, and while he pursues his dream of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy undergoes a transformation herself.
School Library Journal starred, April 2010
Booklist starred, March 2010
Kirkus Starred, March 2010
Meggy Swann, a girl who walks with the aid of two sticks, arrives in Elizabethan London, along with her goose Louise, to stay with her father who really does not want her, and while he pursues his dream of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy undergoes a transformation herself.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167).
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