375 pages
English language
Published June 28, 2007 by Doubleday.
The alchemyst
the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel -- bk. 1
4 stars
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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.
Subjects
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Alchemists
- Magic
- Paranormal fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Twins
Places
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- California
- San Francisco