And finally to my tenth-grade English teacher, Mrs. Mallory, who, when she found out I was writing a novel in her classroom, suggested I form a writers’ club. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have believed that I could do what I’m doing right now. Thank you.
About the Author
MIRIAM FORSTER wrote her first story at seven and has been playing with words ever since. She is obsessed with anthropology, British television, and stories of all kinds. Miriam lives in Idaho with her husband. Visit her online at www.msforster.blogspot.com.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Forster, Miriam, date City of a Thousand Dolls / Miriam Forster.—1st ed.
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Summary: “Nisha lives in the City of a Thousand Dolls, a remote estate where orphan girls in the Empire become apprentices as musicians, healers, and courtesans, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. When girls begin to die, Nisha begins to uncover the secrets that surround the deaths—jeopardizing not only her own future within the City but her own life.”—Provided by pub.
ISBN 978-0-06-212130-1 (trade bdg.) EPub Edition © DECEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062121318
{1. Fantasy. 2. Orphans—Fiction.} I. Title.
PZ7.F7765Ci 2013
2012004289
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