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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
THE EMPIRE OF DREAMS. Text copyright © 2020 by Rae Carson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Carson, Rae, author.
Title: The empire of dreams / Rae Carson.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY :
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] |
Audience: Ages 13 up. | Audience: Grades 7-9. |
Summary: “After unearthing a conspiracy at court, Red Sparkle Stone, the foundling orphan Empress Elisa has taken under her wing, dares to become a recruit for the Royal Guard—something no woman has done before”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019060234 |
ISBN 9780062691903 (hardback) | ISBN 9780062691927 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Fantasy. | Kings, queens, rulers, etc. —Fiction. |
Sex role—Fiction. | Foundlings—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.C2423 Emp 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019060234)
Digital Edition APRIL 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-269192-7
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-269190-3
2021222324PC/LSCH10987654321
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