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 D. J. MacHale

Cover art copyright © 2017 by Vivienne To

Cover concept copyright © 2017 by Vincent Chong

Key art copyright © 2017 by Bob Bianchini

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Names: MacHale, D. J., author.

Title: Black Moon rising / D.J. MacHale.

Description: First edition. | New York : Random House, [2017] | Series: [The Library ; book 2] | Summary: Middle-schoolers Marcus, Theo, and Lu return to the Library to help figure out, and fix, what is going wrong at a school in Massachusetts.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016032224 | ISBN 978-1-101-93257-5 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-101-93260-5 (trade pbk.) | ISBN 978-1-101-93258-2 (hardcover library binding) | ISBN 978-1-101-93259-9 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Supernatural—Fiction. | Libraries—Fiction. | Middle schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Witchcraft—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.

Classification: LCC PZ7.M177535 Bkm 2017 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9781101932599

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