This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2018 by Adrienne Kress

Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2018 by Matthew C. Rockefeller

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kress, Adrienne, author. | Rockefeller, Matt, illustrator.

Title: The Explorers : the reckless rescue / Adrienne Kress ; illustrated by Matthew C. Rockefeller.

Other titles: Reckless rescue

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2018] | Summary: “After nefarious, nameless thugs have separated Sam and Evie, the pair must travel the globe to reunite and piece together the remaining clues about the missing explorers from the Filipendulous Five”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017020662 | ISBN 978-1-101-94009-9 (hc) | ISBN 978-1-101-94010-5 (glb) | ISBN 978-1-101-94011-2 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Secret societies—Fiction. | Missing persons—Fiction. | Voyages and travels—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.K8838 Eym 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781101940112

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