# The Apothecary

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- Book: [The Apothecary](https://www.bookquiver.com/maile-meloy/the-apothecary) ([The Apothecary.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/maile-meloy/the-apothecary.md))
- Authors: [Maile Meloy](https://www.bookquiver.com/maile-meloy)
- Publisher: Puffin Books
- ISBN: 978-01-4242-206-9
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2013-02-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid...