Tween - Karen Cushman: Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Start: 04/19/2010 7:00 pm

Newbery Medal winner Karen Cushman (The Midwife’s Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy) visits with her latest historical novel, Alchemy and Meggy Swann. Meggy has newly arrived in London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy’s mother was glad to be rid of her; and 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. While her alchemist father pursues his Great Work of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy finds herself pursuing her own transformation.