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Text copyright © 2014 by Judith Viorst
Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Kevin Cornell
Jacket design by Molly Leach
Jacket illustration copyright © 2014 by Lane Smith Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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0314 FFG
First Edition
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Viorst, Judith.
Lulu’s mysterious mission / Judith Viorst ; illustrated by Kevin Cornell ; jacket by Lane Smith. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: When Lulu’s parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.
ISBN 978-1-4424-9746-7
ISBN 978-1-4424-9748-1 (eBook)
[1. Babysitters—Fiction. 2. Behavior—Fiction. 3. Spies—Fiction.] I. Cornell, Kevin, ill. II. Smith, Lane. III. Title.
PZ7.V816Lvm 2014
[Fic]—dc23 2013004350