Authors: Lauren Oliver
© Jonathan Alpeyrie, 2010
LAUREN OLIVER
captivated readers with her first novel, the
New York Times
bestseller
BEFORE I FALL
, a
Publishers Weekly
Best Book of the Year. She followed that up with
DELIRIUM
, the first book in her
New York Times
bestselling trilogy, which continued with
PANDEMONIUM
. Oliver is also the author of
LIESL & PO
, a book for middle-grade readers, which received three starred reviews and was described as “a gorgeous storyâtimeless and magical” by Newbery Medal winner Rebecca Stead. A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYU's MFA program, Lauren Oliver lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit her online at www.laurenoliverbooks.com.
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ALSO BY
Lauren Oliver
FOR YOUNGER READERS
Liesl & Po
FOR OLDER READERS
Before I Fall
Delirium
Pandemonium
Cover illustration and hand-lettering © 2012 by Iacopo Bruno
Cover design by Sarah Nichole Kaufman
The Spindlers
Copyright © 2012 by Laura Schechter
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oliver, Lauren.
The spindlers / by Lauren Oliver.â1st ed.
    p. cm.
Summary: Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through an underground realm to save her brother, Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the evilest of creaturesâthe spiderlike spindlers.
ISBN 978-0-06-197808-1 (trade bdg.)
ISBN 978-0-06-220966-5 (international edition)
EPub Edition © JULY 2012 ISBN 9780062190253
[1. Fantasy. 2. Brothers and sistersâFiction. 3. SoulâFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.O475Sp 2012 | 2012009698 |
[Fic]âdc23 | CIP |
 | AC |
Illustrations by Iacopo Bruno
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