Text copyright © 2007 by Trenton Lee Stewart
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First eBook Edition: April 2008
The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
ISBN: 978-0-316-03211-7
Contents
Pencils, Erasers, and Disqualification
Buckets and Spectacles
Squares and Arrows
The Trouble with Children Or, Why They Are Necessary
The Sender and the Messages
The Men in the Maze
Codes and Histories
The Thing to Come
The Naming of the Crew
Nomansan Island
Traps and Nonsense
Beware the Gemini
Lessons Learned
People and Places to Be Avoided
Logical Conclusions and Miscalculations
Poison Apples, Poison Worms
A Surprising Suggestion
Tests and Invitations
Everything As It Should Be
Of Families Lost and Found
Tactical Cactupi
Caught in the Act
The Waiting Room
Punishments and Promotions
Half a Riddle
The Whisperer
Open Sesame
Practice Makes Perfect
Know Thine Enemy
A Chess Lesson
The Mouse in the Culvert
Sacrifices, Narrow Escapes, and Something Like a Plan
Bad News and Bad News
Sticky’s Discovery
The Great Kate Weather Machine
Stands and Falls
The Best Medicine
