© 2000 Penelope J. Stokes

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stokes, Penelope J.
     The amethyst heart / Penelope J. Stokes
       p. cm.
     ISBN 1-5955-4053-9 (repak)
     ISBN 0-8499-3721-5 (HC); 0-8499-4235-7 (TP)
     I. Title
   PS3569.T6219 A8 2000
   813’.54—dc21

00-026888

Printed in the United States of America
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