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Text © 2023 by Scott Reintgen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Reintgen, Scott, author.

Title: A door in the dark / Scott Reintgen.

Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2023] | Audience: Ages 14 up. | Audience: Grades 10–12. | Summary: Follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022016792 (print) | LCCN 2022016793 (ebook) | ISBN 9781665918688 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781665918701 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Wizards—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Survival—Fiction. | Forests and forestry—Fiction. | Fantasy. | LCGFT: Fantasy fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.R4554 Do 2023 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.R4554 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022016792

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022016793

ISBN 9781665918688

ISBN 9781665918701 (ebook)