The Dragonsitter Takes Off

  Mr. McDougall’s nephew Gordon is giving me a ride to the train station. I just checked the timetables. If I make my connections at Glasgow and Crewe, I should be with you tonight.

  With lots of love from your affectionate uncle,

  Morton

  Meet

  Second-grader Lola Levine loves writing in her diario and playing soccer with her team, the Orange Smoothies. But when a soccer game during recess gets “too competitive,” Lola accidentally hurts her classmate Juan Gomez. Now everyone is calling her Mean Lola Levine! What will Lola do?

  COMING SOON

  About the Author

  JOSH LACEY is the author of many books for children, including The Island of Thieves, Bearkeeper, and the Grk series. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a screenwriter before writing his first book, A Dog Called Grk. Josh lives in London with his wife and daughters.

  About the Illustrator

  GARRY PARSONS has illustrated several books for children and is the author and illustrator of Krong!, winner of the Perth and Kinross Picture Book Award. Garry lives in London.

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Begin Reading

  A Sneak Peek of The Dragonsitter’s Castle

  Other Series You Will Enjoy

  About the Author/Illustrator

  Copyright

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Text copyright © 2013 by Josh Lacey

  Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Garry Parsons

  Text in excerpt from The Dragonsitter’s Castle copyright © 2013 by Josh Lacey

  Illustrations in excerpt from The Dragonsitter’s Castle copyright © 2013 by Garry Parsons

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  First ebook edition: November 2015

  ISBN 978-0-316-29901-5

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