Shadow School #1
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From within the boy’s Bright came the chugga-chugga-chugga of an approaching train. A whistle blew. The boy listened with interest. The black triangle stopped closing and began to open again.
“It’ll be here soon,” Cordelia said. “You don’t want to miss it. Who knows where it will take you?”
The boy drifted upward. This time, he didn’t fight it. He gave Cordelia a wave, as though he was just going on a fun trip and would be back again soon, and she waved back. At the last moment, he looked down at Mr. Derleth, and Cordelia saw sudden recognition illuminate his eyes. Hey, Daddy! he mouthed. It wasn’t with sadness. The boy didn’t know sadness anymore. He ascended into the Bright, but just before the triangle closed Cordelia heard his voice for the first time.
He said her name—and goodbye.
About the Author
Photo credit Yeeshing White
J. A. WHITE is the author of the Thickety series and Nightbooks. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, three sons, and the ghost of their hamster, Ophelia. When he’s not making up stories, he teaches a bunch of kids how to make up stories. He wishes dragons were real because it would be a much cooler way to get to work. You can visit him online at www.jawhitebooks.com.
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Katherine Tegen Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
SHADOW SCHOOL #1: ARCHIMANCY. Copyright © 2019 by J. A. White. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: White, J. A., author
Title: Archimancy / J. A. White.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] | Series: Shadow school ; #1 | Summary: Sixth-graders Cordelia, Agnes, and Benji go on a quest to unravel the secrets of Shadow School.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018056407 | ISBN 9780062838285 (hardback)
Subjects: | CYAC: Middle schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Ghosts—Fiction. | Haunted places—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic. | JUVENILE FICTION / Monsters. | JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.
Classification: LCC PZ7.W58327 Arc 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018056407
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Digital Edition AUGUST 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-283831-5
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-283828-5
1920212223PC/LSCH10987654321
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