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  Micah’s Super Vlog was created by Girish Manuel. Micah’s Super Vlog trademark and character rights are owned by Square One World Media, Inc., and used by permission.

  Written by Andy McGuire

  Illustrated by Girish Manuel and Stu Hunnable

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  First Edition: October 2019

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.

  ISBN: 978-1-5460-2657-0 (trade paperback), 978-1-5460-2656-3 (ebook)

  E3-20190924-JV-NF-ORI

  CONTENTS

  Cover

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  About the Author

  About the Illustrator

  To Jane, the first and most frequent reader of my books, and the one most likely to quote me back to myself

  —for better or worse. I love you.

  —AM

  To Stu, who’s helped me make Micah’s Super Vlog from the

  very beginning, even when you lived across the pond!

  —GM

 

 

  Andy McGuire, To Sketch a Thief

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