FIREBIRD

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Published in Great Britain by Hutchinson Children’s Books, London, 2000

First published in the United States of America by Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2000

Published by Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005

Text copyright © The Redwall Abbey Company, Ltd, 2000

Illustrations copyright © Fangorn, 2000

Map illustrations copyright © Andrew Warrington, 2000

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE PHILOMEL EDITION AS FOLLOWS :

Jacques, Brian.

Lord Brocktree: a tale of Redwall / written by Brian Jacques;

illustrated by Fangorn.—1st American ed.

p.   cm.

Summary: The mountain of Salamandastron needs the help of Brocktree the Badger Lord when evil comes in the form of the Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn, the Earth-Shaker.

[1. Badgers—Fiction. 2. Animals—Fiction. 3. Fantasy.] I. Fangorn, ill. II. Title.

PZ7.J5317Lr   2000   [Fic]-dc21   00-025140   CIP

ISBN: 978-1-101-66610-4

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