Merkproduct The Poison Diaries – Mattin Howard : Lizzy gray

This beautifully illustrated volume is a facsimile of the journal of “Weed” found at Alnwick Castle. Weed was an orphan boy apprenticed to an evil old apothecary, who used him abysmally. This is his diary, and a sorry tale of the battle between good and evil it is too. Weed’s journal is part botanical workbook and part a diary of his own relationship with the poisonous plants, for he discovers that he is one of a few people with whom the plants can talk. The plants try to persuade Weed that with their help …