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CURIOSITY HOUSE: THE SHRUNKEN HEAD. Text copyright © 2015 by Laura Schechter and Harold Schechter. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Benjamin Lacombe. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Oliver, Lauren, author.

The shrunken head / Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester. — First edition.

pages    cm. — (Curiosity House)

Summary: “Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders”— Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-227081-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-06-241936-1 (int’l ed)

EPub Edition © July 2015 ISBN 9780062270832

[1. Curiosities and wonders—Fiction. 2. Freaks (Entertainers)—Fiction. 3. Museums—Fiction. 4. Orphans—Fiction. 5. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Chester, H. C., author. II. Title.

PZ7.O475Shr 2015                                                                                    2014041199
[Fic]—dc23                                                                                                CIP
                                                                                                   AC

15 16 17 18 19 CG/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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