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Copyright © 2001 by Peter Dickinson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dickinson, Peter.
The ropemaker / Peter Dickinson.
p. cm.
Summary: When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail,
Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the
ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
[1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Fantasy.] I. Title.
PZ7.D562 Ro 2001
[Fic]—dc21
2001017422
October 2003
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