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on the front and opened quite easily. Inside was not a jumble of old rubbish that no one would want. Inside was something so marvelous that Sylva and Poppy could hardly believe it.

About the Author and Illustrator

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    MARGARET McNAMARA is the Christopher Award–winning author of more than two dozen books for young readers, including the Robin Hill School series. The Fairy Bell Sisters series is inspired not only by her love of the classic sisterhood novel Little Women but by her own experiences growing up with older sisters (and a baby brother). Margaret and her family live in New York City, but they spend part of their summer on an island in Maine very much like Sheepskerry Island.
    JULIA DENOS has illustrated several children’s books, including Just Being Audrey, Grandma’s Gloves, Dotty , and I Had a Favorite Dress . She received her BFA in illustration from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. The oldest of five sisters (and a baby brother), Julia lives in Massachusetts. You can visit her online at www.juliadenos.com.
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Credits
    Cover art © 2014 by Julia Denos
    Cover design by Erin Fitzsimmons

Copyright
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    C LARA AND THE MAGICAL CHARMS . Text copyright © 2014 by Margaret McNamara. Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Julia Denos. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    McNamara, Margaret.
    Clara and the magical charms / Margaret McNamara ; illustrations by Julia Denos. — First edition.
    pages cm. — (The fairy bell sisters) ; [#4]
    Summary: “Clara Bell needs to use her powers when she and Rowan, a gnome visiting Sheepskerry Island for the Valentine’s Games, are faced with very serious trouble” — Provided by publisher.
    ISBN 978-0-06-222811-6 (hardcover bdg. : alk. paper)
    ISBN 978-0-06-222810-9 (pbk bdg. : alk. paper)
    EPub Edition November 2013 ISBN 9780062228123
    [1. Fairies—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Gnomes—Fiction. 4. Contests—Fiction. 5. Sisters—Fiction. 6. Valentine’s Day—Fiction.] I. Denos, Julia, illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.M47879343Ckr 2014
2013012324
[Fic]—dc23
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    13 14 15 16 17 CG/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

    FIRST EDITION

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