Lost Places (11 page)

CARLA JABLONSKI
has edited and written dozens of best-selling books for children and young adults. She is also an actress, a playwright, and a trapeze artist, and has performed extensively in Scotland and in New York City. A lifelong resident of New York City, she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

NEIL GAIMAN
is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of such titles as
AMERICAN GODS
and
CORALINE
(both
New York Times
best-sellers),
NEVERWHERE
, and
STARDUST
(winner of the ALA Alex Award). He is also the author of the
Sandman
series of graphic novels.

Visit him online at
www.mousecircus.com

JOHN BOLTON
was seven when he first encountered a paintbrush and has enjoyed a long and illustrious career in which he has collaborated with some of the industry's most prestigious contributors and handled assignments for a variety of major publishers.

Visit him online at
www.johnbolton.com

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THE BOOKS OF MAGIC #5: LOST PLACES
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EPub © Edition AUGUST 2006 ISBN: 9780061973871

The Books of Magic, all characters, the distinctive likeness thereof, and all related names and elements featured in this publication are trademarks of DC Comics.

Timothy Hunter and
The Books of Magic
created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton.

The Books of Magic: Lost Places
was primarily adapted from the story serialized in
The Books of Magic: Reckonings,
originally published by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, © 1997.

The Books of Magic: Reckonings
comic books were created by the following people:

Written by John Ney Reiber
Illustrated by Peter Snejbjerg, Peter Gross, and John Ridgway.

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any real people (living, dead, or stolen by fairies), or to any real animals, gods, witches, countries, and events (magical or otherwise), is just blind luck, or so we hope.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jablonski, Carla.

Lost Places / Carla Jablonski; created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton.—1st Eos ed.

      p. cm.—(The books of magic; #5.)

“Timothy Hunter and The Books of Magic created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton. The Books of Magic: Lost Places was primarily adapted from the story serialized in The Books of Magic: Reckonings, originally published by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics, 1997.”

Summary: The adventures of young magician Timothy Hunter continue when his girlfriend Molly is abducted to the Demon Playland, and both face unusual dangers as they struggle to escape back to their own world.

ISBN 0-06-447383-X (pbk.)

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