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First published in the United States of America in September 2022 by Bloomsbury YA

Text copyright © 2022 by A. G. Howard

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Howard, A. G. (Anita G.) author.

Title: Shades of rust and ruin / A. G. Howard.

Description: New York : Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2022.

Summary: Nix and Clarey search for Nix’s uncle in the parallel world Mystiquiel, where Nix discovers there is more to her family curse and otherworldly artwork than she ever imagined, and unless she can solve the Goblin King’s maze before the clock strikes midnight, the curse will claim more lives.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022004866 (print) | LCCN 2022004867 (e-book)

ISBN 978-1-5476-0808-9 (hardcover) • ISBN 978-1-5476-0810-2 (e-book)

Subjects: CYAC: Blessing and cursing—Fiction. | Goblins—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Fantasy. | LCGFT: Novels. | Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.H83222 Sh 2022 (print) | LCC PZ7.H83222 (e-book) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022004866

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