House of Roots and Ruin

Contents Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Contents Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List ii iii iv v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ALSO BY ERIN A. CRAIG
 House of Salt and Sorrows
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 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 Text copyright © 2023 by Erin A. Craig
 Cover art copyright © 2023 by Marcela Bolivar
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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: Craig, Erin A., author.
 Title: House of roots and ruin / Erin A. Craig.
 Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2023] | Audience: Ages 14 and up. | Summary: “When the youngest Thaumas sister, Verity, leaves Salann for the lush Bloem on a painting commission, she quickly discovers that the intriguing Laurent family isn’t as perfect as they appear”— Provided by publisher.
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022012874 (print) | LCCN 2022012875 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-593-48254-4 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-0-593-48255-1 (library binding) | ISBN 978-0-593-482568 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-593-70534-6 (int’l. ed.)
 Subjects: CYAC: Painting—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction. | Families—Fiction. | Supernatural—Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.
 Classification: LCC PZ7.1.C715 Hor 2023 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.C715 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
 Ebook ISBN 9780593482568
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