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Breadcrumbs - Anne Ursu [83]

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She touched the note with her fingers. She wanted to get up and leave her mom a note, but she could not leave the bed. So Hazel took both slippers and folded them in her arms with the teddy bear and curled back up on the bed. She could see the distant glow from Jack’s house coming in the window, and she wondered what he was doing, and if he was okay, and if he’d eaten, and what he’d told his parents. She wondered what things would be like between them now, and what she was going to have to do for them to be normal again. It would be harder to watch over him if they weren’t normal, but she would find a way. She wondered if she’d actually want to hang out with Tyler and Bobby at recess. Maybe a little capture the flag would do them all good. Hazel was good at capture the flag. No one took her seriously because she was small and feathered, a strange little dino-bird, but she had a sickle claw and she was not afraid to use it.

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack who got lost in the woods. His best friend went after him. Along the way, she had many adventures. She met woodsmen, witches, and wolves. She found her friend in the thrall of a queen who lived in a palace of ice and had a heart to match. She rescued him with the help of a magical object. And they returned home, together, and they lived on, somehow, ever after.

It went something like that, anyway.

She drifted off to sleep thinking that tomorrow, she would call Adelaide and make plans to go over there. This time she would bring her own ballet shoes. She wanted to tell Adelaide and Uncle Martin all about the Snow Queen. They probably wouldn’t believe her, not really. She wouldn’t believe it herself.

But at least it was a good story.

About the Author

ANNE URSU is the author of the three middle-grade novels that comprise the Cronus Chronicles trilogy: THE SHADOW THIEVES, THE SIREN SONG, and THE IMMORTAL FIRE. She is also a professor of writing for children at Hamline University and a lifelong Minnesota Twins fan. Anne lives in Minneapolis with her son and three cats. You can visit her online at www.anneursu.com.

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Also by Anne Ursu

THE CRONUS CHRONICLES:

Book One: The Shadow Thieves

Book Two: The Siren Song

Book Three: The Immortal Fire

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ursu, Anne.

Breadcrumbs / Anne Ursu ; drawings by Erin McGuire. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Audience: Ages 8–12.

ISBN 978-0-06-201505-1 (trade bdg.)

1. Magic mirrors—Juvenile fiction. 2. Friendship—Juvenile fiction.

3. Rescues—Juvenile fiction. 4. Children—Juvenile fiction. [1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Mirrors—Fiction. 3. Best friends—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Rescues—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction.]

I. McGuire, Erin, ill. II. Title.

PZ7.U692Br 2011

813.6—dc22

[[Fic]]

2010045666

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