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Minecraft: The Lost Journals is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, 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. Copyright © 2019 by Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. DEL REY and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. MINECRAFT is a trademark or registered trademark of Mojang Synergies AB. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Names: Lafferty, Mur, author. Title: Minecraft: the lost journals / Mur Lafferty. Description: New York: Del Rey, [2019] | Series: Minecraft Identifiers: LCCN 2019007452| ISBN 9780399180699 (hardback) | ISBN 9780399180705 (ebook) Subjects: | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories. | JUVENILE FICTION / Media Tie-In. | JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic. Classification: LCC PZ7.1.L224 Los 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019007452 Ebook ISBN 9780399180705 randomhousebooks.com Book design by Elizabeth A. D. Eno, adapted for ebook Cover art and design: Ian Wilding v5.4 ep Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Prologue Part One Chapter 1: Might as Well Raise Mooshrooms Chapter 2: Alison’s Dad Wasn’t Imaginative Chapter 3: When Life Gives You Lava, Make Lava Juice Chapter 4: You Can’t Shoot Lava Chapter 5: A Stick, a Pickaxe, and Adventure Chapter 6: The Difference Between Lightning and Lightening Chapter 7: Boom, Surely Chapter 8: Doom, Surely Chapter 9: To a Wolf, It’s All Just a Game Chapter 10: To the Victor Goes the Spoiled Meat Chapter 11: The Locked Room Is Mightier Than the Sword Chapter 12: The Enchanter with No Name Chapter 13: Lies and Soup Chapter 14: When Not to Act Rashly Part Two Chapter 15: Master Architect, Failed Enchanter Chapter 16: Unnamed Helmet Chapter 17: Bookcases in Your Back Pocket Chapter 18: Not a Useless Skill After All Part Three Chapter 19: The Wrong Way Chapter 20: Max’s Mom Taught Her Boy Politeness Chapter 21: More Breaking and Entering Part Four Chapter 22: The Grandmother Journal Chapter 23: New Uses for Cursed Armor Chapter 24: Alison Is Boots All Over Again Chapter 25: Alison and Max Wish They Ran Track in School Chapter 26: Nicholas’s Terrible Armor Is Useful Chapter 27: Ghast Tears Are Not Wolf Treats Epilogue, or When We Know the Story Isn’t Over Dedication By Mur Lafferty About the Author Click here to view a transcript of this text MIGHT AS WELL RAISE MOOSHROOMS Orange and red heads bobbed up and down in the local cove, bleating as they surfaced and gurgling when they sank. Alison shook her head. The sheep had gotten loose and gone straight for the water. Again. She crossed her arms and watched their fuzzy square heads appearing and disappearing in the water, showing no sign that they were considering coming to dry land anytime soon. What was with these sheep? They wanted to be in the water more than any sheep she’d ever known. Her parents had bred the animals for their coloring, but as far as she knew, they hadn’t tried to crossbreed with squid. Speaking of squid: from the dark smudges in the water, the sheep had attracted some friends. The sun hung high in the sky, so Alison had time to wade in and get them, but she hated swimming after the little monsters. Wet wool was the worst smell. “Fantastic,” she muttered, pushing her sleeves up. She pulled some wheat from her pack and walked to the edge of the cove. “What’s up?” came a voice over her shoulder. She jumped and whirled. Her best friend stood behind her, head cocked. “Max!” she shouted. “Don’t do that. I thought you were a creeper!” He shrugged. “Was I hissing? I just wanted to know what you were up to.” He leaned to look around her. “Oh…sheep swimming again?” She was torn between pointing out the stupidly obvious and telling him to get away from the water. She decided on both. “Apple and Lil’ Prince got out again. I’m getting them back”—Max opened his mouth, but she continued, hurriedly—“alone, Max. Your mom will kill you if you go near the water again. And then she’ll kill me twice.”