First U.S. edition published in 2013 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Text copyright © 2010 by Norah McClintock. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Scholastic Canada Ltd.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McClintock, Norah.

In too deep / Norah McClintock. — 1st U.S. ed.

p. cm. — (Robyn Hunter mysteries ; #8)

ISBN: 978–0–7613–8318–5 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

[1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Group homes—Fiction. 3. Juvenile delinquency—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.M478414184In 2013

[Fic]—dc23 2012017534

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 – BP – 12/31/12

eISBN: 978-1-4677-0964-4 (pdf)

eISBN: 978-1-4677-3049-5 (ePub)

eISBN: 978-1-4677-3050-1 (mobi)