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  Contents

  Cover

  Meet the Thea Sisters

  Title Page

  SURPRISE!!!

  THE SMELL OF SWEET CHEESE

  JASMINE’S HEART

  AT THE OLDE CHEDDAR SHOP

  SEA TURTLE HATCHLINGS

  A NO-SHOW

  TIDE HOUSE IS DESERTED!

  A STRANGE CODE

  WINDY GROTTO

  SCUBA DIVING!

  A MATTER OF PERMITS

  THEA SISTERS TO THE RESCUE!

  SEA LOOTERS

  EVERY MOUSE FOR HERSELF!

  KERPLANGGGG!

  WE’RE SAVED?!

  FALSE HOPE

  SALTY SEA URCHINS!

  WE’RE SAVED (FOR REAL)!

  AN INVITATION

  SEE YOU LATER, MOUSEFORD!

  WELCOME TO BEIJING!

  FIVE-STAR HOTEL!

  AT THE PANJIAYUAN MARKET

  A DRAGON-SHAPED PIN

  AN ANCIENT FAIRY TALE

  THE SECRET OF THE LACQUER BOX

  SIMATAI?

  AT THE GREAT WALL

  THE FAIRY TOWER

  A COTTAGE IN THE WOODS

  A SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT!

  THE JADE PRINCESS’S TREASURE

  THE JADE OF TRUTH

  A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

  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 978-0-545-39373-7

  Copyright © 2007 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2010 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 vascello fantasma

  Cover by Arianna Rea, Paolo Ferrante, and Ketty Formaggio

  Illustrations by Maria Abagnale, Alessandro Battan, Fabio Bono, Jacopo Brandi, Paolo Ferrante, Claudia Forcelloni, Daniela Geremia, Marco Meloni, Roberta Pierpaoli, and Arianna Rea

  Color by Giulia Basile, Fabio Bonechi, Alessandro Bracaglia, Ketty Formaggio, Daniela Geremia, Donatella Melchionno, and Micaela Tangorra

  Graphics by Paola Cantoni

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Translated by Julia Heim

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, March 2010

 

 

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