Megiddo's Shadow (27 page)
Authors: Arthur Slade
About the AuthorArthur Slade was born in Moose Jaw, raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills, and educated at the University of Saskatchewan. He now writes full-time from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is the author of six novels for young adults and has won several prizes, including the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Arthur Slade can be visited virtually at
www.arthurslade.com
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Published by Wendy Lamb Books
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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 © 2006 by Arthur Slade
Map of Palestine copyright © 2006 by Rick Britton
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Slade, Arthur G. (Arthur Gregory)
Megiddo's shadow / Arthur Slade. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: After the death of his beloved older brother Hector in World War I,
sixteen-year-old Edward leaves the family farm in Canada to enlist in Hector's
batallion, where he attempts to come to terms with what has happened.
eISBN: 978-0-307-48810-7
1. World War, 1914-1918—Juvenile fiction.
[1. World War, 1914-1918—Fiction. 2. Brothers—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S628835Meg2006
[Fic]—dc22 2006011494
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