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Witherwood Reform School

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by Obert Skye


  What Tobias and Charlotte have learned is that their ordeal is just beginning. Sure, people don’t always ask to be taught, and some of us are reluctant to learn anything at all, but what lies ahead for Tobias and Charlotte is going to wise them up, whether they like it or not. Yes, I’m afraid that great changes are still in store. And even though life is pinching them hard, you can take comfort in the fact that it’s not you. Of course, if Tobias and Charlotte don’t find a way to bring down Witherwood, it very well could be you someday.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Obert Skye is an award-winning author. He has been to Witherwood and seen the grounds firsthand. He has slipped through the gate and studied the animals. He has tasted the pudding and spent time in the courtyard. One of those first four sentences is true. One of the last four isn’t. Obert is the author of the Creature from My Closet series: Wonkenstein, Potterwookiee, Pinocula, and Katfish. He has also written the Leven Thumps series and the Pillage trilogy. He is an exceptional juggler. He has been bitten by three different snakes on three different days.

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  CONTENTS

  Title page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Dear Reader

  Prologue: A Giant Seed

  Chapter 1: Lumpy Gravy

  Chapter 2: How Not to Punish Your Children

  Chapter 3: Slick Roads and Hidden Rivers

  Chapter 4: The Iron Gate

  Chapter 5: One-Man Welcome Party

  Chapter 6: There’s Something in the Trees

  Chapter 7: The Mourning Morning

  Chapter 8: The Gardens of Witherwood

  Chapter 9: Door Number Nine

  Chapter 10: Starting from Scratches

  Chapter 11: Waking Up Is Hard to Do

  Chapter 12: A First Look at Floor Two

  Chapter 13: Erasing One’s Mind

  Chapter 14: A Little More Learned

  Chapter 15: A Taxi Driver Named Sam

  Chapter 16: Student Morale Day

  Chapter 17: Libraries Are Not Storage Lockers

  Chapter 18: A Small Mention of Something Important

  Chapter 19: Window of Opportunity

  Chapter 20: The Squirrel Tree

  Chapter 21: Rest Stop

  Chapter 22: Hope

  Chapter 23: The Looking Glass

  Chapter 24: Abhorrence

  Chapter 25: Glimmer

  I Might Add

  Witherwood: Lost and Found

  About the Author

  Copyright

  Text copyright © 2015 by Obert Skye

  Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Keith Thompson

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  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Skye, Obert.

  Witherwood Reform School / Obert Skye; with illustrations by Keith Thompson. — First edition.

  pages cm

  “Christy Ottaviano Books.”

  Summary: “Siblings Charlotte and Tobias are trapped within a creepy reform school—and entangled in its dark secrets”—Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-8050-9879-2 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-250-07347-1 (paperback)

  ISBN 978-1-62779-320-9 (ebook)

  [1. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 2. Reformatories—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction. 4. Brainwashing—Fiction.] I. Thompson, Keith, 1982– illustrator. II. Title.

  PZ7.S62877Wi 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014041797

  eISBN 9781627793209

  First hardcover edition 2015

  eBook edition March 2015

 

 

 


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