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Copyright © 1981, 2000 by Howard Buten
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Buten, Howard.
[Burt]
When I was five I killed myself / Howard Buten.
p. cm.
Original title: Burt.
1. Boys—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3552.U8245B8 2000 813’.54—dc21 00-026887
“I’ll Walk Alone” by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
© 1944 Morley Music Co. © Renewed 1972 Morley Music Co.
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