Quests for Glory. Soman Chainani

      

      First published in the US by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017

      Published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

      Published in this ebook edition in 2018

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      Text copyright © Soman Chainani 2017

      Illustrations copyright © Iacopo Bruno 2017

      Illustration here by Michael Blank

      Cover illustration © Iacopo Bruno 2017

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      Source ISBN: 9780008224479

      Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780008224486

      Version: 2017-12-11

       For Ally and Brendan

       Epigraph

      IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL

      A SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

      TWO TOWERS LIKE TWIN HEADS

      ONE FOR THE PURE

      ONE FOR THE WICKED

      TRY TO ESCAPE YOU’LL ALWAYS FAIL

      THE ONLY WAY OUT IS

      THROUGH A FAIRY TALE

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Epigraph

      Map

      PART I

      1. AGATHA: The Almost Queen

      2. TEDROS: How Not to Throw a Coronation

3. SOPHIE: Flah-sé-dah

4. THE COVEN: Mission Diverted

5. AGATHA: Intervention

6. TEDROS: Two Theories

7. CHADDICK: The Liege and the Lady

8. SOPHIE: One Quest to Save Them All

       9. HORT: Who Would Want a Hort?

       10. NICOLA: The Perks of Being a Reader

       11. AGATHA: Stay with the Group

       12. SOPHIE: First Loyalty

       13. TEDROS: Like Father, Like Son

       14. TEDROS: What It Feels Like for a King

       15. AGATHA: Pirate Pavilion

       16. TEDROS: Riddles and Mistrals

       17. SOPHIE: The Map Room

       18. AGATHA: The Pen That Writes the Truth

       19. HORT: Four Point

       20. SOPHIE: The Lion and the Snake

       PART II

       21. TEDROS: Allies and Enemies

       22. AGATHA: The Mysteries of a Name

       23. THE COVEN: The Sheriff’s Daughter

       24. TEDROS: Sides of a Story

       25. AGATHA: Date Night in Sherwood Forest

       26. TEDROS: Questions of a King

       27. SOPHIE: The King’s Speech

       28. AGATHA: The Princess and the King

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       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Map

       PART I

       1

       AGATHA

       The Almost Queen

      When you spend most of your life planning your Ever After with a girl, it feels strange to be planning your wedding to a boy.

      A boy who’d been avoiding Agatha for months.

      She couldn’t sleep, dread brewing