Alchemy (novel) 3762180 224884394 2008-07-10T20:58:52Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Book | name = Alchemy | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:Alchemyfrontcover.jpg]] | image_caption = Book cover of 2004 [[paperback]] edition | author = [[Margaret Mahy]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[New Zealand]] | language = [[English (language)|English]] | series = | genre = [[Fantasy novel]] | publisher = [[CollinsFlamingo]] | pub_date = [[November 4]], [[2002]] | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 271 | isbn = 978-0007131358 | oclc = | preceded_by = 24 Hours | followed_by = Don't Read This! }} '''''Alchemy''''' (2004) is a novel by [[Margaret Mahy]]. ==Plot summary== Roland, a 7th former who has been caught shoplifting, is given a most unusual assignment: to spy on a mysterious girl in his class who is studying [[alchemy]]. Unfortunately, an enemy from the boy's past wants the girl's power and is using him for information. Roland eventually finds out that he is not unlike Jess Ferret and her abilities, but gets them both into a situation which endangers their lives. "Alchemy" has similar themes to others of Mahy's book; specifically "The Changeover" and "The Haunting". The book won the senior fiction section of the 2003 [[New Zealand Post]] Children's book award.<ref>[http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/LiteraryPrizes/NZPost/SeniorFiction/ Winners of Young Adult Fiction of New Zelanland Post Children's Book Awards]</ref> ==References== <references/> [[Category:2004 novels]] [[Category:Fantasy novels]] [[Category:Young adult novels]] {{2000s-fantasy-novel-stub}} {{ya-novel-stub}}