The Dragonsitter Takes Off Page 3
Mr. McDougall’s nephew Gordon is giving me a ride to the train station. I just checked the timetables. If I make my connections at Glasgow and Crewe, I should be with you tonight.
With lots of love from your affectionate uncle,
Morton
Meet
Second-grader Lola Levine loves writing in her diario and playing soccer with her team, the Orange Smoothies. But when a soccer game during recess gets “too competitive,” Lola accidentally hurts her classmate Juan Gomez. Now everyone is calling her Mean Lola Levine! What will Lola do?
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About the Author
JOSH LACEY is the author of many books for children, including The Island of Thieves, Bearkeeper, and the Grk series. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a screenwriter before writing his first book, A Dog Called Grk. Josh lives in London with his wife and daughters.
About the Illustrator
GARRY PARSONS has illustrated several books for children and is the author and illustrator of Krong!, winner of the Perth and Kinross Picture Book Award. Garry lives in London.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Begin Reading
A Sneak Peek of The Dragonsitter’s Castle
Other Series You Will Enjoy
About the Author/Illustrator
Copyright
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Text copyright © 2013 by Josh Lacey
Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Garry Parsons
Text in excerpt from The Dragonsitter’s Castle copyright © 2013 by Josh Lacey
Illustrations in excerpt from The Dragonsitter’s Castle copyright © 2013 by Garry Parsons
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First ebook edition: November 2015
ISBN 978-0-316-29901-5
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