The+Alchemyst+Book+Review

Book Title - The Alchemyst Author- Michael Scott Copyright date - 2007 Pages - 375 Book Level - 6.4 Points. - 14.0

The Alchemyst is about twins named Sophie and Josh Newman. They meet Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel, disguised as Nick and Perry Flemming. It believed that the twins are the twins of legend, who will learn all 5 elemental magics and stop the dark elders from returning to earth. Josh has a golden aura while Sophie has a silver aura, making Nicholas think they're the twins of legend even more. Josh works at the bookstore that Nicholas and Perenelle owns while Sophie works at the coffee shop down the street. They will encounter many odd people, like Dr. John Dee, a few gods from legend and the warrior maiden, Scathatch.

The story takes place in California, Alcatraz, Ojai and at the end they end up in France. It takes place in modern time, but there are a few flashbacks to the past. In the later books, they will come to many odd places.

John Dee, an immortal, steals the Codex, which could bring the Dark Elders back to the world. Luckily, Josh is able to rip 2 pages out of it. Even more luckily, the final summoning was ripped out, so the dark elders won't return without it. They get helped by the warrior maiden, Scathatch. But Perenelle is trapped in Alcatraz, guarded by a sphinx, who can suck out all her energy so she can't escape by using her magic. A bigger problem is that Nicholas and Perenelle will die in a month without their immortality potion, which is found in the Codex Dee stole. If they use the same method more than once, they will age more. Nicholas needs to awaken the twins' auras, which will let them learn elemental magics. What will happen to Nicholas and the twins? Read the rest of the book to know.

I would recommend this book and the rest of the series to middle school people, or people ages 9-15. Anybody who likes fantasy and adventure books would love this, and the rest of the series. I hope you will enjoy reading the series. There are 3 books so far, and the 4th book "The Necromancer" will come out May 25, 2010. Expect a movie of this book too!