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Text copyright © 2017 by Sarah Fine
Jacket photograph of girl copyright © 2017 by Zlatina Zareva; photograph of fire copyright © 2017 by Olga Nikonova
Artwork and map copyright © 2017 by Leo Hartas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fine, Sarah, author.
Title: The cursed queen / Sarah Fine.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2017]
Summary: “Ansa has always been a fighter. As a child, she fought the invaders who murdered her parents and snatched her as a raid prize. She fought for her status as a warrior in her tribe, but the day the Krigere cross the great lake and threaten the witch queen of the Kupari, everything changes”— Provided by publisher. | Companion to The Impostor Queen.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045312
ISBN 978-1-4814-4193-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4195-7 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Fantasy. | Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. | War—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.F495678 Cu 2017 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/2015045312