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First published in Great Britain by Macmillan London Ltd in 1979
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017
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Copyright © Diana Wynne Jones 1979
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Source ISBN: 9780008170684
Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780008170691
Version: 2016-12-21
For my sister Ursula
Contents
I WANT TO TELL of our journey down the River. We are five. The eldest is my sister Robin. Next is my brother Gull, and then my brother Hern. I come fourth, and I am called Tanaqui, which is a name from the scented rushes that line the River. This makes me the odd one out in names, because my
