Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief - Laura Ellen Anderson The Amelia Fang Series

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>For my marvellous, magnificent,

       musical sister Marie!

       The memories we’ve shared

       are unforgettable and I love you

       more than freshly baked cookies xxx

      First published in Great Britain 2018

      by Egmont UK Limited

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       Text and illustrations copyright © 2018 Laura Ellen Anderson

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted

      ISBN 978 1 4052 8707 4

      eISBN 978 1 4052 9341 9

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      CONTENTS

       MAP OF THE KINGDOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

       MEET THE NOCTURNIANS AND GLITTEROPOLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii

       1. GOBLIN-SLIME SUPERGLUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

       2. MY LIFE . . . IN SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

       3. SUBLIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

       4. PUMPKIN PARADISE PARK . . . . . . . . . . . .43

       5. I JUST WANNA PLAY GOBLIN TAG. . . . . 51

       6. BAKE FASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

       7. BAD BOGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

       8. THE PUMPKIN PATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

       9. WHAT THE BATS IS GOING ON?. . . . . . 93

       10. SIT YOUR ROYAL BOTTOM DOWN . . .105

       11. LOOSE LIMBS LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

       12. UNICOOOOOORN! THE TERROR! . . . . .129

       13. THE FIELD OF FORGET-ME-NOTS. . . .143

       14. PA-DOOF! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

       15. JUST LIKE ME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

       16. LOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

       17. THE PUMPKINS AND THE GRUMPKINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

       18. TAKE ‘IM AWAY! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

       19. PUMPKIN-SHAPED DREAMS. . . . . . . . . .205

      CHAPTER 1

      GOBLIN-SLIME

      SUPERGLUE

      On a misty Wednesday night after school,

      young vampire Amelia Fang sat in her

      bedroom with her pet pumpkin, Squashy,

      surrounded by complete and utter mess.

      ‘Darkling,’ called Amelia’s mother, Countess Frivoleeta, from downstairs. ‘It’s time for your organ practice with Wooo. Remember your exam is coming up soon.’

      ‘Do I have to practise tonight?’ Amelia

      replied, her heart sinking at the thought of

      more organ practice – despite how ghoulishly

      enthusiastic Wooo, their ghost butler, was.

      ‘I’m making Squashy a cute costume for my

      birthnight party!’

      Squashy squeaked and span on the spot

      delightedly.

      ‘Isn’t it exciting, Squashy! Soon I’ll be eleven

      moon-years old!’ beamed Amelia, flicking

      through her Positively Pumpkin magazine.

      ‘And we get to celebrate in style at the Pumpkin

      Patch! Golly Ghouls, I do love pumpkins.’

      Amelia wanted to be a Pumpkinologist more

      than anything in the whole world when she

      grew up – she could imagine studying and

      caring for pumpkins like Squashy forever!

      Amelia also loved making things, and she

      especially loved making things for Squashy.

      Tonight her bedroom floor was covered in

      black-and-orange material, goblin-slime

      superglue and various cobwebbing tools.

      The bedroom door creaked open, revealing

      Countess Frivoleeta’s huge beehive hairdo

      before the rest of her body. When she saw the

      mess in Amelia’s room, she gasped.

      ‘Amelia, my dreadful little wart-picker, I

      can’t

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