Keeper of the Lost Cities

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Aladdin hardcover edition October 2012

Copyright © 2012 by Shannon Messenger

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Messenger, Shannon.

Keeper of the lost cities / by Shannon Messenger. — 1st Aladdin hardcover ed.

p. cm.

Summary: At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.

ISBN 978-1-4424-4593-2 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4424-4595-6 (eBook)

[1. Ability—Fiction. 2. Psychic ability—Fiction. 3. Memory—Fiction. 4. Identity—Fiction. 5. Foster parents—Fiction. 6. Elves—Fiction. 7. Fantasy.] I. Title.

PZ7.M5494Kee 2012 [Fic] —dc23 011042201