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Text copyright © 2016 by Pete Hautman
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2016 by Rayner Alencar
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hautman, Pete, 1952- author.
Title: The forgetting machine / Pete Hautman.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, [2016] | Series: The Flinkwater chronicles ; book 2 | Summary:
“Ginger Crump solves the mystery of why people in her town are forgetting things they should definitely know.”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015044664| ISBN 9781481464383 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481464406 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Science fiction. | Memory—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Technology. | JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction. | JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.H2887 Fo 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015044664