Villain's Lair (14 page)

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Text copyright © 2009 by Wendelin Van Draanen Parsons
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Stephen Gilpin

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Library of Congress Catahging4n-PubUcatbn Data
Van Draanen, Wendelin.
The Gecko and Sticky : Villain's Lair / by Wendelin Van Draanen;
illustrations by Stephen Gilpin. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (The Gecko and Sticky)
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Dave and his sidekick, a talking gecko named Sticky, try to retrieve
an ancient Aztec powerband and its magic ingots from the evil villain Damien Black.
eISBN: 978-0-375-85362-3
[1. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Geckos—Fiction. 4. Lizards—Fiction. 5.
Humorous stories.] I. Gilpin, Stephen, ill. II. Title. III. Title: Villain's lair.
PZ7.V2857Ge 2009
[Fie]—dc22
2008012377

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