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THE FAMILIARS. Text copyright © 2010 by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson. Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Peter Chan & Kei Acedera, Imaginism Studios. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, 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 hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Epstein, Adam Jay.

The familiars / Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow “familiars,” a know-it-all blue jay and bumbling tree frog, must save the kingdom after the evil queen of Vastia kidnaps Jack and two other wizards.

ISBN 978-0-06-196108-3 (trade bdg.)

[1. Cats—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Wizards—Fiction. 4. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.] I. Jacobson, Andrew. II. Title.

PZ7.E72514Fam 2011      2010013686

[Fic]—dc22      CIP

AC

FIRST EDITION

ePub Edition © July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200963-0

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