The Emerald Atlas
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2011 by John Stephens
Chapter-opening art copyright © 2011 by Grady McFerrin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stephens, John.
The emerald atlas / John Stephens. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (The books of beginning; bk 1)
Summary: Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89955-3
[1. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Space and time—Fiction. 4. Identity—Fiction. 5. Monsters—Fiction. 6. Prophecies—Fiction. 7. Books and reading—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S83218Eme 2011
[Fic]—dc22
2010029100
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