Text copyright © 2016 by F. L. Block

Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Edward Hemingway

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Block, Francesca Lia. | Hemingway, Edward, illustrator.

Title: My miserable life / F.L. Block ; illustrated by Edward Hemingway.

Description: First edition. | New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. | Summary: An overprotective mother, an unfriendly older sister, and a friend-stealing school bully are some of the challenges faced by thoughtful ten-year-old Ben Hunter of Filmland, California.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015022326 | ISBN 9780805096286 (hardback) | ISBN 9781627796590 (e-book)

Subjects: | CYAC: Friendship—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction | Family life—California—Fiction. | California—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship. | JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.

Classification: LCC PZ7.B61945 My 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015022326

eISBN 9781627796590

First hardcover edition 2016

eBook edition June 2016