Book illustrations by Keirsten Geise, Charice Silverman, and SJI Associates for Scholastic.
Lizard p. 131: © Lana Langlois/Shutterstock; hostages p. 131: Ken Karp and James Levin for Scholastic; astrolabe p. 170: © Ivy Close Images (RF)/Alamy.
First edition, March 2012
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