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  Contents

  Cover

  Meet the Thea Sisters

  Title Page

  A Special Gift

  Japan, Here We Come!

  One of Us!

  Summer Festival!

  A Mysterious Phone Call

  The Puppet Theater

  On the Shinkansen!

  A Tokyo for Everyone!

  A New Friend

  A Strange Mouse

  The Room of Wonders

  The Tea Ceremony

  An Ambush Among the Cherries!

  A Difficult Moment

  A Trusty Assistant

  Mr. Ishikuro’s Plan

  The Fable of Momotaro

  The Princess’s Hideaway

  An Important Appointment

  Trapped Like Rats in a Cage!

  Way to Go, Colette!

  What a Betrayal!

  Friends Like Before!

  A Plan of Attack

  Code Name: Momotaro

  Behind Bars!

  Off With Your Mask!

  In Pawcuffs!

  Thank You, Mouselings!

  Party Time!

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  Copyright

  Copyright

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  eISBN 978-0-545-39369-0

  Copyright © 2009 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2011 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON and THEA STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami.

  www.geronimostilton.com

  Published by Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  Stilton is the name of a famous English cheese. It is a registered trademark of the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association. For more information, go to www.stiltoncheese.com.

  Text by Thea Stilton

  Original title Il misterio della bambola nera

  Cover by Arianna Rea, Paolo Ferrante, and Ketty Formaggio

  Illustrations by Alessandro Battan, Elisa Falcone, Claudia Forcelloni, Michela Frare, Daniela Geremia, Roberta Pierpaoli, Arianna Rea, Maurizio Roggerone, and Roberta Tedeschi

  Color by Tania Boccalini, Alessandra Bracaglia, Ketty Formaggio, Elena Sanjust, and Micaela Tangorra

  Graphics by Paolo Cantoni

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Translated by Julia Heim

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, March 2011

 

 

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