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The spindlers, Lauren Oliver ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

eng

illustrations

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Middle School

Ages 8-12

fiction

The spindlers

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Lauren Oliver ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Looking across the breakfast table one morning, twelve-year-old Liza feels dread wash over her. Although her younger brother, Patrick, appears the same, Liza knows that he is actually quite different. She is certain that the spindlers -- evil, spiderlike beings -- came during the night and stole his soul. And Liza is also certain that she is the only one who can rescue him. Armed with little more than her wits and a huge talking rat for a guide, Liza descends into the dark and ominous underground to save Patrick's soul. Her quest is far from easy: she must brave tree snakes, the Court of Stones, and shape-shifting scawgs before facing her greatest challenge in the spindlers' lair, where more than just Patrick's soul is at stake

1. The changeling and the letters spelled in cereal -- 2. Several falsehoods and one broomstick -- 3. The basement -- 4. The rat -- 5. The Troglod market -- 6. The lumer-lumpen -- 7. The palace gate -- 8. The dance of the nids -- 9. The court of stones -- 10. The nocturni -- 11. The Live forest -- 12. The seeds of hope -- 13. The queen's spies and the way across the chasm -- 14. The groaning table -- 15. The river of knowledge -- 16. The reward -- 17. The queen of the spindlers -- 18. The choice -- 19. The hall of mirrors -- 20. The final test -- 21. The web. -- 22. The return -- 23. A bit of magic

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