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THE CITY IN THE LAKE Rachel Neumeier Hardcover | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-84704-2 | July 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 12 up Hardcover Library Binding | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-94704-9 | July 2008 | $18.99 | Ages 12 up

The Prince has disappeared without a trace. The King soon follows. Their absences whisper of old magic. Timou, a young teenage girl training to be a mage, realizes the abductions of the King and Prince are linked to the disaster occurring in her own village: nothing is born alive, even babes. Unsure of her own past, Timou seeks out the kingdom, hoping she can find the root of the evil seeping in around them. Once there, she not only finds an unlikely alliance with the King’s illegitimate son, but also finds a dark secret about herself she wishes she never uncovered.

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Aledo Middle School, Aledo, Texas

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