Alex & Duncan (the authors)

Dielle & Jeff (noms de plume)

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Kara’s mom is a carpenter and this is the shelf of bottles in her workshop. Do you know what each one is? There are detailed descriptions at the back of the novel.

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This is Duncan and Alex’s bookcase. Do some of the books sound familiar? Sort of? There is a full bibliography at the back of the novel with every book described.

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Kara got out of bed and pantomimed to Dragon to stay put, whispering, “I’ll be back,” as she set the last cookie in front of him and went out. He watched her go, sitting up tall with the sheet draped over his head.

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He stared down in horror, waiting for the rush of pain, dangling and kicking as he was taken back toward the slaughterhouse in the belly of the mountain.

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Dad blinked at the unexpected question then said, with an air of nostalgia, “I was eleven. I was so excited! The first enchanted thing I ever built was a doghouse...

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He nervously waved his hand over the weathered orb and it began to glow dimly.

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... dangling from a long diaphanous sash, she whipped around a bendy spire, contorting and twisting and spinning as if she didn’t know the ground was there to walk on.

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Kara moved on to knocking opalescent beetles off half-eaten leaves and into the pot. They had the same color patterns as the grubs, but with legs and exoskeletons, too.

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On the grounds below, the angry citizens are rioting, pitchforks and torches held aloft, crying for the dragon’s head.