Copyright © Eric Walters 2020

Published in Canada and the United States in 2020 by Orca Book Publishers.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Don't stand so close to me / Eric Walters.
Other titles: Do not stand so close to me
Names: Walters, Eric, 1957– author.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200252410 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200252445 |
ISBN 9781459827875 (softcover) | ISBN 9781459827882 (PDF) |
ISBN 9781459827899 (EPUB)
Classification: LCC PS8595.A598 D66 2020 | DDC jC813/.54—DC23

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020938515

Summary: In this novel for middle readers, 13-year-old Quinn and her friends try to adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

Typeset by Ella Collier
Cover design by Rachel Page
Cover artwork by Gettyimages.ca/the_burtons
and Gettyimages.ca/molotovcoketail

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