Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Description:

In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.

subjects: Fiction,  History,  Alchemy,  Fathers and daughters,  People with disabilities,  Poverty,  People with disabilities -- Fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Children's fiction,  People with disabilities, fiction,  Poverty, fiction,  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Great britain, history, fiction

Places: Great Britain,  London (England)

Times: Elizabeth, 1558-1603,  16th century