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sweetness
and light
Zzzzzt.
A bug flew around the wiener dogs. They started
barking like crazy. Then it flew straight at Pearl.
Go away, she said, swatting at it with her hand.
I hope youre not talking to me, Lucy said with
a smile as she set two plates on the table. The usual.
Thanks. Pearl swatted at the bug one more
time before it flew away.
Pearls stomach grumbled with anticipation as
she grabbed her fork. Shed ordered the number six
on the menu, which was two buttermilk pancakes,
two strips of bacon, and two scrambled eggs well
done, because runny eggs were disgusting. Her
great-aunt Gladys had ordered the number eight, a
mound of mushy corned beef hash, from the senior
menu, which meant it cost less. Gladys set her knitting needles aside and spooned some hash onto the
wiener dogs high chair trays. While Sweetness and
Light snorted and snuffled the food, Pearl made a
sandwich with her pancakes.
Zzzzzt.
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Buttonville Senior Center, where he sometimes volunteered. Shed check those places first. She was
about to run up Main Street when a flash of red
caught her eye. Drat, Pearl grumbled. Archenemy
alert! Victoria Mulberry, dressed in her usual overalls, was walking straight toward her.
It was tough being a kid in Buttonville, mostly
because there were very few choices for friends.
Victoria Mulberry was the only other girl who
was Pearls age. It would have been nice for both
girls if theyd become best friends. They could
have worked on school projects together. Spent
birthdays together. Gone to the Milkydale County
Fair together. Unfortunately, Victoria was not a
free-spirited, fun-loving, adventure-seeking sort of
girl. Victoria was a persnickety, tattle-telling, whiny,
spoiled, mean, unpleasant sort of girl. And while
some say that opposites attract, that was far from
the truth with Victoria and Pearl.
The saltshaker vibrated in Pearls hands as the
fairy flew around. There were no pockets in Pearls
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the
authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or
persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Text copyright 2015 by Suzanne Selfors
Illustrations copyright 2015 by Dan Santat
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First Edition: October 2015
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Selfors, Suzanne.
The fairy swarm / by Suzanne Selfors ; illustrations by Dan Santat. First edition.
pages cm. (The imaginary veterinary ; book 6)
Summary: Ten-year-olds Ben Silverstein and Pearl Petal have had quite a busy summer as
apprentices of Dr. Woo, veterinarian for imaginary creatures. When a swarm of sugar fairies
escapes into Buttonville, Ben and Pearl must protect the townspeople, keep the fairies safe,
and outsmart the dangerous poacher, Maximus SteeleProvided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-316-28693-0 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-316-28695-4 (ebook)
ISBN 978-0-316-28694-7 (library edition ebook) [1. FairiesFiction. 2. Imaginary
creaturesFiction. 3. VeterinariansFiction. 4. ApprenticesFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S456922Fai 2015
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