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 © 2019 by Andrew Prentice

Cover art copyright © 2019 by Alexander Jansson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Prentice, Andrew (Andy) author.

Title: Ghost and bone / Andrew Prentice.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2019] | Summary: Twelve-year-old Oscar Grimstone is cursed with killing things at a touch, and can also transform into a ghost, but a journey to the city of ghosts may lead him to discover his true identity. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018057889 (print) | LCCN 2018060854 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-525-64394-4 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-525-64393-7 (hardback)

Subjects: | CYAC: Identity—Fiction. | Ghosts—Fiction | Future life—Fiction. | Blessing and cursing—Fiction. | Fantasy. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic.

Classification: LCC PZ7.P91914 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.P91914 Gho 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9780525643944

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