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“Though she couldn’t tell for certain from her vantage point, Jocelyn did not expect to find a single corset on the entire island. She was utterly charmed. Even so, the girl knew that somewhere down there, amidst all the wonder, a terrible beast was waiting. Reminds me a bit of my first wedding day.”<\/em><\/center>
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\nJust last week, dear Imps, I chatted over at Kirkus<\/em> with author Heidi Schulz<\/a><\/strong> about her debut novel, Hook’s Revenge<\/em> (Disney-Hyperion, September 2014), illustrated by John Hendrix<\/a><\/strong>. That link is here<\/a><\/strong>, but I wanted to follow up with some art from Hendrix today. Above and below are some of his interior illustrations from the book. <\/p>\n

Enjoy.
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“‘Don’t die,’ he said. ‘What fun would that be? For me, I mean?’
She reached over and gave him a little shove. ‘This is serious.’
‘Oh yes. Serious. I can tell.’ He arranged his face into mock gravity.”<\/em><\/center>
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“If you have ever felt a bit nervous about a task before you—such as walking past a snarling dog on your way to school, confessing to your mother that you broke her favorite Royal Family commemorative plate, or needing to dig up and rebury a body on a cold, dark night—you may have an idea of how Jocelyn felt
as she seated herself in the little boat.”<\/em><\/center>
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“The beast looked confused. It snapped its jaws in first one direction, then another.
A third attack followed, then a fourth. Though no blood flowed, the archers finally succeeded in driving the monster away. It hissed at Jocelyn once more before lumbering off through the jungle.”<\/em><\/center>
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“‘So you took up the challenge.’ His deep, rich voice held the edge of a sneer.
‘I didn’t expect you would.’ Jocelyn spoke past the lump forming in her throat.
‘You asked me to. Your letter said it was my inheritance.'”<\/em><\/center>
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HOOK’S REVENGE. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Heidi Schulz. Illustrations \u00a9 2014 by John Hendrix. Published by Disney-Hyperion, New York. Illustrations used by permission of John Hendrix.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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