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First published in Great Britain 1994 by Methuen Children’s Books Ltd
This edition published 2016 by Egmont UK Limited
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Text Copyright © 1994 Theresa Breslin
Cover illustration copyright © 2016 Thomas Flintham
The moral rights of the author, illustrator and cover illustrator have been asserted
First e-book edition 2016
ISBN 978 1 4052 8181 2
Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1759 5
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CONTENTS
Rowan trees in myth and folklore
My footprints track across the faint dew still lying on the grass. My boots crunch heavily on the hard gravel path, and I’m talking to myself as I walk, school bag bumping on my back. But the residents lodged on either side of these avenues won’t complain about the noise.
They’re dead.
Every one of them.
Their headstones march beside me. I