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Archer’s Goon

Copyright © 1984 by Diana Wynne Jones

First published in 1984 in Great Britain by Methuen Children’s Books.

First published in 1984 in the United States by Greenwillow Books.

Reissued in 2003 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

The right of Diana Wynne Jones to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Diana Wynne.

Archer’s Goon.

Summary: After the Goon moves into the Sykes’ house and refuses to budge, thirteen-year-old Howard learns some startling information about his family, including that fact that he is adopted and that his father is connected with seven wizards who run their town.

[1. Magicians—Fiction] I. Title. PZ7.J684An 1984 [Fic] 83-17199

ISBN 0-688-02582-X

New Greenwillow Edition, 2003: ISBN 0-06-029889-8

EPub Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780062243409

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