The Magykal Papers (28 page)
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Authors: Angie Sage
The artist would like to thank Janelle Bender for her doodles in the hand of Jenna Heap and Lucy Gringe.
About the Author and the Illustrator
ANGIE SAGE
was born in London and grew up in the Thames Valley, London, and Kent. She now lives in Somerset in a very old house that—rumor has it—has a secret tunnel below it. She is also the author of the Araminta Spookie series. All of the novels in the Septimus Heap series are international bestsellers.
MARK ZUG
has loved fantasy novels since he was a teenager. He has illustrated many collectible card games, including
Magic: The Gathering
and
Dune,
as well as books and magazines. He lives in Pennsylvania.
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Septimus Heap, Book One:
Magyk
Septimus Heap, Book Two:
Flyte
Septimus Heap, Book Three:
Physik
Septimus Heap, Book Four:
Queste
Araminta Spookie:
My Haunted House
Araminta Spookie:
The Sword in the Grotto
Araminta Spookie:
Frognapped
Araminta Spookie:
Vampire Brat
Araminta Spookie:
Ghostsitters
Portraits in the Pigeon Post Biography series were rendered by Max Zatzuma.
SEPTIMUS HEAP: THE MAGYKAL PAPERS
. Text copyright © 2009 by Angie Sage. Illustrations copyright © 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 by Mark Zug. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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For translation we suggest you visit Larry’s Dead Language Translation Services at number 67 number 1 on the map.
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In the Good Old Days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.
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You may have read elsewhere that Beetle grew up with both his parents, but we regret to say that this is not true. Some of our sources are not always reliable. Also Beetle had a habit, when young, of pretending that his father was still alive and this has led to some confusion around the Castle.
Table of Contents
A History of the Castle
Rupert Gringe’s Around-the-Castle Boat Tour
The Egg-on-Toast Restaurant Guide
The Ramblings
A Ramble through the Ramblings Walking Tour, as Narrated by Our Guide Silas Heap
Points of Interest in the Ramblings
Sarah and Silas Heap
Septimus Heap’s Map of Castle Tunnels
The Supreme Custodian
From the Files of the Supreme Custodian
Linda Lane’s Sketch of the Heap Family Home
Report of Senior Sanitary and House Clearance
Little Theater’s Winter Schedule
Letter from Alther Mella
Sarah Heap’s Recipe for Sautéed Frogs
Letter from Miss Match
Wanted Posters
The Heap Family Tree
The Supreme Custodian’s Journal
Linda Lane
A Message from Madam Marcia Overstrand, ExtraOrdinary Wizard
The Wizard Tower
The Wizard Tower
Notable ExtraOrdinary Wizards throughout History
Marcia Overstrand
A Guide to How to Behave When Visiting the Wizard Tower, by Madam Marcia Overstrand, ExtraOrdinary Wizard
Extracts from the Journal of Marcia Overstrand
Alther Mella
Alther Mella’s Guide to Being Dead
Septimus Heap
Extracts from Septimus Heap’s Apprentice Diary
The Palace
So You Want to Visit the Palace, a Pamphlet by Silas Heap
A MidWinter Feast Greeting
Jenna Heap
Jenna’s Palace Diary
Wizard Way
The Shops and Services of Wizard Way
Chief Hermetic Scribes, Past and Present
Some Employees of the Manuscriptorium
How the Chief Hermetic Scribe Is Picked
From the Daily Appointment Diary of Jillie Djinn, Chief Hermetic Scribe
Beetle’s Inspection Clerk Daybook
Mr. and Mrs. Gringe of the North Gate Gatehouse
The North Gate
The Absolutely Top-Secret Seven-Year Diary of Lucy Gringe
The Message Rat Office
Excerpt from Stanley: My Life—A Rat’s Ramblings
The Rat Office Rules
Dispatches from the Old Message Rat Office
The Egg-on-Toast Restaurant Guide