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Text copyright © 2020 by Erin Bowman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bowman, Erin, author.

Title: The girl and the witch’s garden / Erin Bowman.

Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: While living with her estranged mother at mysterious Mallory Estate, twelve-year-old Piper Peavey must undergo three trials to obtain from the enchanted garden an elixir that might save her dying father.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019037537 (print) | LCCN 2019037538 (ebook) | ISBN 9781534461581 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534461604 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Magic—Fiction. | Gardens—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Fiction. | Cancer—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.B68347 Gir 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.B68347 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037537

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037538