The Spindlers (25 page)

© Jonathan Alpeyrie, 2010

LAUREN OLIVER
captivated readers with her first novel, the
New York Times
bestseller
BEFORE I FALL
, a
Publishers Weekly
Best Book of the Year. She followed that up with
DELIRIUM
, the first book in her
New York Times
bestselling trilogy, which continued with
PANDEMONIUM
. Oliver is also the author of
LIESL & PO
, a book for middle-grade readers, which received three starred reviews and was described as “a gorgeous story—timeless and magical” by Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead. A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, Lauren Oliver lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit her online at www.laurenoliverbooks.com.

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ALSO BY

Lauren Oliver

FOR YOUNGER READERS

Liesl & Po

FOR OLDER READERS

Before I Fall

Delirium

Pandemonium

Cover illustration and hand-lettering © 2012 by Iacopo Bruno

Cover design by Sarah Nichole Kaufman

The Spindlers

Copyright © 2012 by Laura Schechter

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Oliver, Lauren.

The spindlers / by Lauren Oliver.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

Summary: Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creatures—the spiderlike spindlers.

ISBN 978-0-06-197808-1 (trade bdg.)

ISBN 978-0-06-220966-5 (international edition)

EPub Edition © JULY 2012 ISBN 9780062190253

[1. Fantasy. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Soul—Fiction.] I. Title.

Illustrations by Iacopo Bruno

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