The Alchemyst

I just finished the book, The Alchemyst by Michael Scott. Scott does a great job casting the main characters. They are twins, Sophie and Josh. When they see Nicholas Flamel battling his old apprentice John Dee in his bookstore, the twins realize their lives will never be the same. They enter into a world where whatever they have learned is only a part of the truth, where danger can wait for them, hidden among the shadows anywhere. They step into the world of magic, sorcery, and alchemism (not a real word). I really enjoyed it because it makes you believe that this could actually happen. For example, I believed that lead could turn into gold until Ms. Winkler proved me wrong. You cannot add or subtract protons from an element, and so you can't turn one element (lead) into another (gold). Bummer. :)