num_pages: 144
description: *Chosen for 2006 "Our Choice" Canadian Children's Centre literature guideThe Alchemist's Daughter will pull you from whatever you are supposed to be doing into Sidonie's fortunes, and hold you there cover to cover. Marked by high adventure, and delicious language, Kernaghan's use of real historical figures like Dr. John Dee, Lady Mary Herbert, Sir Philip Sidney, and William Shakespeare, blended with original fictional characters are a powerful mix, while her impeccable research allows you to learn something of an age that has long held a spell over contemporary readers.
language: English
title: The Alchemist's Daughter
titlecomplete: The Alchemist's Daughter
genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 49
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Saskatchewan Book Award
category: Educational Publishing, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Long Form (English), awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Thistledown Press