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Copyright © 2017 by Traci Chee.
Title hand-lettering, map, and interior illustrations copyright © 2016 by Ian Schoenherr.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Chee, Traci, author. | Schoenherr, Ian, illustrator.
Title: The speaker / Traci Chee ; map and interior illustrations by Ian Schoenherr.
Description: New York, NY : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, [2017]. | Series: Sea of ink and gold ; book 2
Summary: “Sefia and Archer’s adventure continues as Archer searches for a way to combat his nightmares of his time with the impressors and Sefia becomes more and more consumed by her study of the Book”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017016556 | ISBN 9780399176784 (hardback) | ISBN 9780698410633 (ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Books and reading—Fiction. | Nightmares—Fiction. | Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Kidnapping—Fiction. | Orphans—Fiction. | Fantasy.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.C497 Spe 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017016556
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.