The Lost Train of Thought (31 page)

The Plan has served us well in the past, but we must not be afraid to forge a new tomorrow. In this spirit, I invite you to become part of a very special time in The Seems— a time when we will finally deliver on our promise to make The World “a better place.”

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Samuel Hightower
Second in Command, The Seems

P.S. Members of The World will also be invited to submit their proposals at
www.theseems.com
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c/o Big Building, Floor 1000 • One Seems Plaza, The Seems

Also by John Hulme and Michael Wexler

The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep
The Seems: The Split Second

Text copyright © 2009 by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Gideon Kendall.

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First published in the United States of America in October 2009
by Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers
E-book edition published in October 2010
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For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Bloomsbury BFYR, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Hulme, John.
The lost train of thought / by John Hulme and Michael Wexler;
illustrations by Gideon Kendall.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.-(The Seems ; bk. 3)
Summary: Suspended for a year from his duties as a Fixer in the parallel universe called the Seems, fourteen-year-old Becker is called back into service when an entire Train of Thought is lost in the deserts of the Middle of Nowhere.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-131-2 • ISBN-10: 1-59990-131-5 (hardcover)
[1. Thought and thinking— Fiction. 2. Space and time— Fiction. 3. Technology— Fiction.] I. Wexler, Michael. II. Kendall, Gideon, ill. III. Title.
PZ7.H8844Lo 2010       [Fic]— dc22       2009002145

ISBN 978-1-59990-622-5 (e-book)