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 © 2016 by D. J. MacHale

Cover art copyright © 2017 by Vivienne To

Cover concept copyright © 2017 by Vincent Chong

Key art copyright © 2017 by Bob Bianchini

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,

New York. Originally published in hardcover in the United States as Curse of the Boggin by Random House Children’s Books, New York, in 2016.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:

Names: MacHale, D. J., author.

Title: Curse of the Boggin / D. J. MacHale.

Description: First Edition. | New York : Random House Books for Young Readers, [2016] | Series: The Library; 1 | Summary: “When supernatural phenomena start following Marcus O’Mara around, he discovers a key that leads to the Library, a place where all the stories of the living and dead are kept that will help him and his friends solve a terrifying mystery” —Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015046229 | ISBN 978-1-101-93253-7 (hardback) |

ISBN 978-1-101-93254-4 (lib. bdg.)

Subjects: | CYAC: Supernatural—Fiction. | Libraries—Fiction. | Blessing and cursing—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories.

Classification: LCC PZ7.M177535 Cu 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Trade Paperback ISBN 9781101932568

Ebook ISBN 9781524772253

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