Toymaker, The

by Quidt, Jeremy De

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents

  either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used

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  Copyright © 2008 by Jeremy de Quidt

  Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Gary Blythe

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  Published in the United States by David Fickling Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in Great Britain by David Fickling Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of the Random House Group Ltd., London, in 2008.

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  eISBN: 978-0-375-89366-7

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