<strong>Jennifer</strong> A. <strong>Nielsen</strong> Scholastic Press • New York
Copyright © 2016 by <strong>Jennifer</strong> A. <strong>Nielsen</strong> All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. scholastic, scholastic press, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: <strong>Nielsen</strong>, <strong>Jennifer</strong> A., author. Title: The scourge / by <strong>Jennifer</strong> A. <strong>Nielsen</strong>. Description: First edition. | New York : Scholastic Press, 2016. | Summary: When the lethal plague known as the Scourge returns to Keldan the victims are sent to Attic Island, and Ani Mells of the River People is among them—but Ani does not feel sick, and with the help of her best friend, Weevil, she sets out to uncover the truth of what is happening, and expose the lies the people of Keldan have been told. Identifiers: LCCN 2015048825 | ISBN 9780545682459 Subjects: LCSH: Epidemics—Juvenile fiction. | Communicable diseases— Juvenile fiction. | Conspiracies—Juvenile fiction. | Government, Resistance to—Juvenile fiction. | Best friends—Juvenile fiction. | Adventure stories. | CYAC: Epidemics—Fiction. | Diseases—Fiction. | Conspiracies— Fiction. | Government, Resistance to—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | GSAFD: Adventure fiction. Classification: LCC PZ7.N5673 Sc 2016 | DDC 813.6—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015048825 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 17 18 19 20 Printed in the U.S.A. 23 First edition, September 2016 Book design by Christopher Stengel
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