ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amanda Foody is the author of Daughter of the Burning City and The Shadow Game Series, which includes Ace of Shades, King of Fools, and Queen of Volts. Formerly an accountant who prepared taxes for multinational corporations, Amanda lives in Massachusetts with Jelly Bean, a feline beastly companion of her own. You can visit her at amandafoody.com.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Foody, Amanda, author.

Title: The accidental apprentice / Amanda Foody.

Description: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] | Series: Wilderlore ; book 1 | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience: Grades 4–6. | Summary: Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020031159 (print) | ISBN 9781534477568 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534477582 (eBook)

Subjects: CYAC: Fantasy. | Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Apprentices—Fiction. | Monsters—Fiction. | Orphans—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F657 Abm 2021 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031159