The Ever Breath (23 page)

JULIANNA BAGGOTT

lives with her family in Florida. She is the author of many wonderful books for children and adults, including the Anybodies trilogy, written under the name N. E. Bode, which
People
magazine described as “Potter-style magic meets Snicket-y irreverence,” and
The Prince of Fenway Park
.

As a child, she always had an inkling that snow globes could reveal other worlds, if they wanted to. And now she knows the truth!

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

Text copyright © 2009 by Julianna Baggott
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Brandon Dorman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Baggott, Julianna.
The Ever Breath / Julianna Baggott.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Twins Truman and Camille, spending winter break with their paternal grandmother, follow a secret passageway to the Breath World, where all creatures of magic dwell, to find the Ever Breath, a magical stone that maintains balance between worlds.

eISBN: 978-0-375-89368-1
[1. Space and time—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Twins—Fiction. 4. Brothers and
sisters—Fiction. 5. Missing persons—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B14026Eve 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2009001359

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