GRAPHIA
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Boston New York 2009
OTHER BOOKS BY MARLENE PEREZ
Dead Is the New Black
Love in the Corner Pocket
Unexpected Development
Copyright © 2009 by Marlene Perez
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Perez, Marlene.
Dead is a state of mind/Marlene Perez.
p. cm.
Summary: When a gorgeous new student's prediction that a teacher
will be murdered comes true, seventeen-year-old Daisy is determined to solve the crime,
but when all signs point to the killer being a werewolf, she fears she is in over her head.
[1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Werewolves—Fiction. 3. Clairvoyance—Fiction.
4. Family life—Fiction. 5. High schools—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.P4258Ddg 2009
[Fic]—dc22 2008000820
ISBN 978-0-15-206210-1
Printed in the United States of America
MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Michael. And no, I'm not playing
Bejeweled instead of writing. Not at all.