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      First published in Great Britain in hardback by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2004

      First published in Great Britain in paperback by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2005

      This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2017

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      Cover illustration © Marc Martin 2017

      Text copyright © Lynne Reid Banks 2004

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007462940

      Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780007349913

      Version: 2017-02-01