The Book Without Words
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 2005

The Book Without Words

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In a desperate town, an alchemist nears a breakthrough but faces death.

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203 pages
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In Dulwich's harsh winter, Godric, an alchemist, seeks the Great Secret of gold and immortality. As the town's secrets swirl, his life hangs by a thread just as discovery looms. Will he unlock the mystery before it's too late?

From the publisher

In the dark of winter in the town of Dulwich, people are more desperate than ever. There’s little food, little money, and even less hope. But what the people of Dulwich do have in abundance are secrets. And one man, Godric, has devoted his life to the illegal practice of alchemy in the quest to uncover the Great Secret: of making gold, and of immortality. Yet just as he is on the brink of a great discovery, he keels over, nearly dead.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
203
Reading age
10–14
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
620L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
April 25, 2005
First published
January 1, 2005
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780786808298

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