A Snicker of Magic (26 page)

NATALIE LLOYD
lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She collects old books, listens to bluegrass music, and loves exploring quirky mountain towns with her dog, Biscuit. Her favorite words are
starlight, firefly, violet
, and
love
.
A Snicker of Magic
is her first novel.

Copyright © 2014 by Natalie Lloyd
Illustrations by Gilbert Ford
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lloyd, Natalie, author.
A snicker of magic / by Natalie Lloyd. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic — but Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.
ISBN 978-0-545-55270-7 — ISBN 0-545-55270-2 1. Magic — Juvenile fiction. 2. Single-parent families — Tennessee — Juvenile fiction. 3. Mothers and daughters — Juvenile fiction. 4. Friendship — Juvenile fiction. 5. Tennessee — Juvenile fiction. [1. Magic — Fiction. 2. Family life — Fiction. 3. Mothers and daughters — Fiction. 4. Friendship — Fiction. 5. Tennessee — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L7784Sn 2014
813.6 — dc23
2013027779

First edition, March 2014

Cover art © 2013 by Gilbert Ford
Cover design by Nina Goffi

e-ISBN 978-0-545-55272-1

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