G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
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Text copyright © 2020 by Michael Johnston
Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Marta Altés
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Johnston, Michael, 1973– author.
Title: Confessions of a Dork Lord / Mike Johnston.
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, [2020]
Summary: Twelve-year-old Wick, a warlock-in-training with allergies, sets out to prove that he is ready for his great and terrible destiny—to fill the shoes of his late father, the Dark Lord.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059883 | ISBN 9781524740818 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781524740825 (ebook) Subjects: | CYAC: Warlocks—Fiction. | Imaginary creatures—Fiction. | Leadership—Fiction. | Orphans—Fiction. | Fantasy. | Humorous stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.J647 Con 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059883
Ebook ISBN 9781524740825
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Cover art © 2020 by Marta Altés
Cover design by Eileen Savage