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First published in 2019 by Shrine Bell, an imprint of Vertebrate Publishing. Shrine Bell Crescent House, 228 Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8UT, United Kingdom. www.shrinebell.com Copyright © Kieron Black 2019. Kieron Black has asserted his rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as author of this work. All illustrations copyright © Kieron Black 2019. This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, events and incidents are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. No creatures were harmed in the making of this book, although the guitarist from the bug band is apparently still not talking to the singer. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-911342-87-8 (Paperback) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanised, including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Production by Vertebrate Publishing. www.v-publishing.co.uk Shrine Bell and Vertebrate Publishing are committed to printing on paper from sustainable sources. [FSC logo here please] Printed and bound in China.
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This is Ogie. Ogie is a goblin. He lives with his family in a little goblin village, high in the mountains of the faraway island of Goblinia. Ogie has a cat named Gerald who is very annoying. He also has a blue blanket. Ogie is very fond of Gerald, but he loves his blue blanket.
One morning Ogie woke up as usual in his bedroom in the little goblin village. Everything was where it was supposed to be: his creatures were there, the friends of his creatures were there, and their friends were there too. was there, except for his blue blanket. Everything ‘My
blanket!’ wailed Ogie.
‘It’s
GONE!’
Where is it?!