A Stranger Thing (The Ever-Expanding Universe) (31 page)
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Authors: Martin Leicht,Isla Neal
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2013 by Lisa Graff and Martin Leicht
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The text for this book is set in Electra.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leicht, Martin.
A stranger thing / Martin Leicht and Isla Neal. — First edition.
pages cm. — (The ever-expanding universe ; [2])
Summary: “Elvie Nara is sequestered away by the Almiri after her baby is born and it is not what was expected”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-4424-2963-5 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4424-2965-9 (eBook)
[1. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. 2. Babies—Fiction. 3. War—Fiction.
4. Antarctica—Fiction. 5. Science fiction.] I. Neal, Isla. II. Title.
PZ7.L53283Str 2013
[Fic]—dc23
2013025253
Chapter One: In Which our Heroine Is Licked by a Bear
Chapter Two: In Which Ducky Barfs for Hours
Chapter Four: Wherein Cabin Fever Gives Way to Disco Fever (if by “Disco Fever” You Mean “Invasion”)
Chapter Five: Wherein our Heroine Is All, Like, Whoa
Chapter Six: In Which the Ice Begins to Crack
Chapter Seven: In Which our Group Realizes They’re Going to Need a Bigger Float
Chapter Eight: In Which the Family Nara Visits a Ghost Ship
Chapter Nine: Wherein old Enemies Become New Not-So-Much Enemies
Chapter Ten: In Which an Ice-Cold Dip Lands our Heroine in Hot Water
Chapter Eleven: Wherein the Baddies Give Stan Winston a Run for His Money
Chapter Twelve: Wherein the Benefits of Fusion-Powered Transportation Become Abundantly Clear
Chapter Thirteen: In Which the Best-Laid Plans Fly Right out the Window