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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
At the age of twelve (and thanks to a house fire), N. D. WILSON spent nearly a year living in his grandparents’ attic. The ceilings were low and baggy, and a swamp cooler squatted in a window at one end. Inviting crawl spaces ran the length of the attic on both sides. If there were cupboards in those walls, he never found them. But not for lack of trying. He loves barns, still checks walls for hidden doors, and is certain that dandelions are magic.
N. D. Wilson and his wife live in Idaho, along with their four young explorers. For more information, please visit www.ndwilson.com.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2010 by N. D. Wilson
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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The frontispiece illustration by Jeff Nentrup, copyright © 2007 by Jeff Nentrup, was originally published in 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Nathan D.
The Chestnut King / by N. D. Wilson. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (100 Cupboards ; 3)
works with them and the Chestnut King, the long-deposed and mythic leader
of the faeren people, to destroy Nimiane and her forces of evil.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89320-9
[1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Space and time—Fiction. 3. Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction.
4. Fairies—Fiction. 5. Doors—Fiction. 6. Family life—Kansas—Fiction.
7. Cousins—Fiction. 8. Kansas—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W69744Che 2010
[Fic]—dc22
2008032748
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Table of Contents
Other Books By This Author
Title Page
Dedication
Prelude
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Epilogue
Gratitude
About the Author
Copyright