First published in the United States of America by Viking,
an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016
This edition published in 2019
By Egmont UK Limited
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Text copyright © 2016 Max Brallier
Illustrations copyright © 2016 Douglas Holgate
The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted.
First e-book edition 2019
ISBN 978 1 4052 9510 9
Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1744 1
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To Ruby. If the world crumbled and the monsters were a-comin’, you would make for a fantastic partner in adventure.
– M. B.
For my parents: For not only supporting, loving, and encouraging me at every turn, but also dropping me off regularly at the next-door neighbours who unbeknownst to you put me in front of pretty much every horror movie available at the video store when I was eight.
– D. H.
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