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From THE JOURNEY written by Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small. Text copyright ©2001 Sarah Stewart, illustrations copyright ©2001 David Small. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux. All rights reserved. Cover image, text, reading and internal image used by permission. No material shall be published, re-transmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Farrar Straus Giroux.

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