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 Todd Calgi Gallicano

Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2018 by Kevin Keele

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Name: Gallicano, Todd Calgi, author.

Title: The selkie of San Francisco / Todd Calgi Gallicano.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2018. | Series: A Sam London adventure ; 2 | Summary: “When a selkie appears in the San Francisco Bay, Sam London and the guardian Tashi are summoned by Dr. Vance Vantana of the Department of Mythical Wildlife to help track the creature down. Except unbeknownst to them, other forces are at work and the secret that mythical creatures exist and live amongst humans is in even bigger danger than ever before” — Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017039046 (print) | LCCN 2017050295 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1371-3 (el) | ISBN 978-1-5247-1369-0 (hardback)

Subjects: | CYAC: Selkies—Fiction. | Animals, Mythical—Fiction. | National parks and reserves—Fiction. | Supernatural—Fiction. | San Francisco Bay (Calif.)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.G3478 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.1.G3478 Sel 2018 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781524713713

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