This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2017 by Eric Kahn Gale

Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2017 by Dave Phillips

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gale, Eric Kahn

Title: The wizard’s dog / Eric Kahn Gale.

Description: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017. | Summary: When his master and best friend, Merlin, is kidnapped, there is nothing Nosewise the dog will not do to get Merlin back, even if it means facing the strange Fae people and their magic-eating worms, or tangling with the mysterious Sword in the Stone.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016008920 (print) | LCCN 2016028345 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-553-53736-9 (hardback) | ISBN 978-0-553-53737-6 (lib. bdg.) | ISBN 978-0-553-53738-3 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Dogs—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Merlin (Legendary character)—Fiction. | Arthur, King—Fiction. | Fairies—Fiction. | Middle Ages—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Arthurian. | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs. | JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General.

Classification: LCC PZ7.G13134 Wi 2017 (print) | LCC PZ7.G13134 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9780553537383

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