Belly of the Beast (The Fabled Stables Book #3)

Auxier Jonathan Auxier

Description

Book 3 in the one-of-a-kind adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier explores the real magic behind simple acts of kindness. Auggie loves his job at the Fabled Stables, but he fears the day when it will come to an end. Fen keeps dropping hints that caretakers don't stay forever, and it's giving Auggie the grumps. Thankfully, there always seems to be a new stall to fill. This time, the stables set Auggie on a quest to rescue a beast called the Shibboleth-but the portal leads Auggie and Fen to the lair of the evil Rooks! In the dark, damp dungeon, they meet one mysterious girl and one very hungry monster. It's already gobbled up all of the Rooks, and Auggie and Fen are next unless they figure out the one way to calm the creature. Will they be able to work together to complete the mission before it's too late?

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 22 février 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781683357858
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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AMULET BOoKS NeW YORK

BY

JONatHAN AuXIEr

ILLUSTRATED BY

oLGa DemIDOVa
PUBLISHER S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters,

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ISBN 978-1-4197-4274-3 eISBN 978-1-68335-785-8

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Illustrations copyright 2022 Olga Demidova

Book design by Heather Kelly

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FOR PENeLOPE, MaTILDa, AND HaZEL

Chat on, sweet Maid, and rescue from annoy

Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled.

Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy,

The heart-love of a child!

-Lewis Carroll

I

At The Top Of The world saT aN iSLanD.

And at the heart of that island lived a boy named

Auggie.

Auggie wasn t the only one who lived on the

island. There were his friends, Willa and Fen. There

were the beasts that he took care of at the Fabled

Stables. There was the mysterious Professor Cake,

who owned the island. And there was Miss Bundt, the

groundskeeper.

This was Auggie s home, and he loved every inch of it.
Today, Auggie was helping Miss Bundt at the

Paradocks. Professor Cake had asked her to build

a boat.

Is the Professor going on a trip? Auggie said.

The Professor never leaves the island. Miss Bundt

unfurled a patchwork sail. Besides, I don t

think he d fit!
Auggie picked up Fen and started to swab the

deck. He thought about who might fit in a boat this

small. Easy with the suds, kid, Fen said. Bubbles

give me the burps.

Auggie felt his ears go red. My name is not kid .

He hated when Fen called him that.
4

Fen rolled his eyes. Who cares?

I do! Auggie stopped swabbing. In all this time I ve

been on the island, you have never once said my name.

What s your point? Fen changed himself back

into a regular Stick-in-the-Mud. Look, kid, when

you ve been at the Fabled Stables as long as I have,

you learn not to bother with names. People come and

go. There s no point in getting attached.

He turned and hopped back to shore, leaving

Auggie behind.

7

2

That night, AugGIe HaD A TUMmYaChE. He couldn t

sleep. All he could think of were Fen s words:

People come and go.

There s no point in getting attached.

Auggie s time on the island had been the happiest

of his life. He had friends. He had a home. He had a

job at the stables. But what if it wasn t forever?