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Teachers & SchoolsWhat we love best about Josh is that he's a totally normal teen: He was a normal high school...
You might think of Sophie as Josh's foil. They're opposite sides of the same coin. Sure, they're...
Nicholas Flamel is the Alchemyst. Yep, the book's named after the dude, so we're thinking he's...
Dr. John Dee is one of the most famous magicians and necromancers (a sorcerer with the ability to...
Scatty is the coolest sidekick. Seriously, we wish we had her on Shmoop's team. She's got awesome...
When the twins meet Hekate, the Greek and Roman goddess of witchcraft and magic, they are awed by...
This tall Frenchwoman has some fantastic magical powers, not the least of which is being able to...
From the corner of his eye, Dr. John Dee watched as pointy-toed, stiletto-heeled black boots came...
Meow. This ancient Egyptian Goddess has the body of the beautiful young woman and the head of the...
Dora Witcherly is a feisty old lady who owns an antique shop in Ojai. Oh yeah, and she's also the...
We don't know too much about Abraham. But one thing we do know is super essential: he created...
Aunt Agnes, or "Aunt Agony," as the twins lovingly call her, is Sophie and Josh's 84-year-old...
Sarah and Richard Newman are Sophie and Josh's parents. Or at least we think they are. To be...
Torc Allta, or wereboars, are part of an ancient clan of shape-shifters from the time of the...
Sophie's BFF makes a brief cameo in the very beginning of Chapter One, but drops out of the...
Jefferson Miller used to work as a security guard at Enoch Enterprises. We say "used to" because...
Senuhet has served as Bastet's servant for the past hundred years. He ushers Dee down to meet...
A Sphinx is a creature from Egyptian mythology that has the body of a lion, the wings of an...
A pterosaur is a creature that is "neither bird nor serpent, but something caught in between"...
The golems are men made out of clay. Dee conjures up golems to imprison Perenelle, and to attack...
Bernice is the owner of The Coffee Cup, which makes her Sophie's boss. We never meet her in...