







Excerpted with permission from Maithili and the Minotaur: Web of Woe, written by CG Salamander and illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, Puffin Books.
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Excerpted with permission from Maithili and the Minotaur: Web of Woe, written by CG Salamander and illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, Puffin Books.