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Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Author Karen Cushman
Read by Katherine Kellgren
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On sale Apr 13, 2010 | 4 Hours and 23 Minutes | 9780307710239
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Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was glad to be rid of her; her father, who sent for her, doesn't want her after all. Meggy is appalled by London,dirty and noisy, full of rogues and thieves, and difficult to get around in—not that getting around is ever easy for someone  who walks with the help of two sticks.Just as her alchemist father pursues his Great Work of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy finds herself pursuing her own transformation. Earthy and colorful, Elizabethan London has its dark side, but it also has gifts in store for Meggy Swann.
Karen Cushman’s first book, Catherine, Called Birdy, was a Newbery Honor winner and her second, The Midwife’s Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal. She was an adjunct professor in Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University for 11 years, before retiring to Vashon Island, near Seattle, Washington, in order to write full time. View titles by Karen Cushman
  • WINNER
    AudioFile Earphones Award
  • NOMINEE | 2011
    Audie Awards
  • SELECTION | 2011
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • SELECTION | 2011
    YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
  • HONOR | 2011
    Odyssey Honor
  • SELECTION | 2010
    Booklist Editors' Choice: Audiobooks - Young Listeners

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Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was glad to be rid of her; her father, who sent for her, doesn't want her after all. Meggy is appalled by London,dirty and noisy, full of rogues and thieves, and difficult to get around in—not that getting around is ever easy for someone  who walks with the help of two sticks.Just as her alchemist father pursues his Great Work of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy finds herself pursuing her own transformation. Earthy and colorful, Elizabethan London has its dark side, but it also has gifts in store for Meggy Swann.

Author

Karen Cushman’s first book, Catherine, Called Birdy, was a Newbery Honor winner and her second, The Midwife’s Apprentice, was awarded the Newbery Medal. She was an adjunct professor in Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University for 11 years, before retiring to Vashon Island, near Seattle, Washington, in order to write full time. View titles by Karen Cushman

Awards

  • WINNER
    AudioFile Earphones Award
  • NOMINEE | 2011
    Audie Awards
  • SELECTION | 2011
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • SELECTION | 2011
    YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
  • HONOR | 2011
    Odyssey Honor
  • SELECTION | 2010
    Booklist Editors' Choice: Audiobooks - Young Listeners

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