Text copyright © 2010, 2012 by Jay and Chris d’Lacey
Cover illustration © 2010 by Angelo Rinaldi
First published in 2010 in Great Britain by Orchard Books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

d’Lacey, Chris.
Rain & fire: a companion to the last dragon chronicles / Chris and Jay d’Lacey. — 1st Scholastic ed.
p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-545-41453-1

1. d’Lacey, Chris. Last dragon chronicles — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Fantasy fiction, English — History and criticism — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Children’s stories, English — History and criticism — Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. d’Lacey, Jay. II. Title.
PR6104.L27Z58 2012
823'.92 — dc23
2012014374

First Scholastic edition, October 2012

e-ISBN 978-0-545-46995-1

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