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The Poison Diaries (The Poison Diaires)
By Wood, Maryrose & Northumberland, The Duchess of
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06180-236-2
- Publisher
- Balzer + Bray
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2010 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—Readers will be intrigued by both the romance and complex moral questions in this fantasy set in late-18th-century England. Jessamine, 16, lives with her apothecary father, Thomas Luxton, in the remote countryside near Alnwick Castle. As she keeps house and tends to the gardens, there is one place she is forbidden to go: only her father enters the locked apothecary garden where he nurtures poisonous plants collected from all over the world. Their pastoral existence is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Weed, a strag...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Jessamine and her father are fascinated by Weed, an enigmatic young man with astonishing botanical knowledge. Jessamine's fath...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
