The Magician's Bird (21 page)

To my family, for reading endless versions of the manuscript.

To Sonya Sones, for taking such great author photos. To Lois Lowry, for Anastasia Krupnik and for making me love lists, and to Jaclyn Moriarty, for her cool and inspiring epistolary books.

To Harry Houdini, Thurston the Great Magician, Harry Kellar, Carter the Great, and other magicians, for their amazing feats of magic.

And to my parents, for never buying me a BeDazzler.

Photo by Sonya Sones

EMILY FAIRLIE
grew up in Virginia and went to Tuckahoe Middle School, which has so far managed to escape the scandals that have plagued Tuckernuck Hall. She has been known to call on her little sister for backup and has witnessed firsthand the horror of bedazzling gone wrong. She now lives in Chicago with her dog, Binky. You can visit her online at www.emilyfairlie.com.

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Cover art © 2013 by Antonio Javier Caparo
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HE MAGICIAN'S BIRD: A TUCKERNUCK MYSTERY
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fairlie, Emily.

The magician's bird : a Tuckernuck mystery / Emily Fairlie ; Illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo. — First edition.

pages     cm

Summary: “While planning a scavenger hunt for their classmates, rising seventh graders Laurie, Bud, and Misti attempt to prove that their beloved school founder is innocent in the murder case of Marchetti the Magician”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-211893-6 (hardcover bdg.)

EPub Edition July 2013 ISBN 9780062118950

[1. Treasure hunt (Game)—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Historic buildings—Fiction. 4. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Caparo, Antonio Javier, illustrator. II. Title.

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CG/RRDH
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

FIRST EDITION

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