Title: The alchemyst
First published: 2007
Description: 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, Magic, Brothers and sisters, Alchemists, Twins, Supernatural, New York Times bestseller, nyt:series_books=2011-03-26, Paranormal fiction, Siblings, Occult fiction, Children's fiction, Magic, fiction, Supernatural, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Twins, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Occultism, fiction, Siblings, fiction
Places: San Francisco (Calif.)
People: Nicolas Flamel (d. 1418), John Dee (1527-1608)
LC classification: PZ7.S42736 Alc 2007