![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and flee to London - a move Janie describes as “leaving a Technicolor movie and walking into a black-and-white one.” The transition from sock-hopping Hollywood High to the uniformed strictures of St. Janie Scott is the only daughter of screenwriter parents who, suspected of communist activity in 1952, were blacklisted in L.A. A gem of historical fiction for the middle-school set, Meloy’s children’s debut is a pitch-perfect melding of postwar intrigue and ancient medicinal arts told from the perspective of a 14-year-old girl. There are far fewer stories about its Cold War aftermath, and even fewer that attempt to channel the early ‘50s from a teenager’s point of view - but Maile Meloy’s “The Apothecary” does just that. Putnam’s Sons: 353 pp., $16.99, ages 10 and olderĪ quick Amazon search for books on World War II yields an astonishing 45,961 titles. ![]()
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