Fablehaven: The Complete Series
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Fablehaven
Mull, Brandon, 1974-
Fablehaven / Brandon Mull.
p. cm.
Summary: When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents’ estate,
they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle
between good and evil is looming.
ISBN-10 1-59038-581-0 (hardbound : alk. paper)
ISBN-13 978-1-59038-581-4 (hardbound : alk. paper)
[1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Grandparents—Fiction. 3. Brothers and
sisters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.M9112Fa 2006
[Fic]—dc22 2006000911
Printed in the United States of America
R. R. Donnelley and Sons, Crawfordsville, IN
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For Mary, who made writing possible
Chapter 1
A Mandatory Vacation
Kendra stared out the side window of the SUV, watching foliage blur past. When the flurry of motion became too much, she looked up ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her.
Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb. Maybe sometimes. Not today. Today they were driving along an endless two-lane highway through the forested hills of Connecticut.
“Why didn’t you tell us Grandpa Sorenson lived in India?” Seth complained.