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Copyright © 2011 by Adrienne Maria Vrettos
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria.
Burnout / Adrienne Maria Vrettos.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Months after coming out of alcohol and drug rehab, high school student Nan wakes up on the subway the day after Halloween wearing a torn Halloween costume, her long hair cut, and “HELP ME” scrawled across her chest, feeling sick and having no idea how she got there.
ISBN 978-1-4169-9469-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4391-6312-2 (eBook)
[1. Drug abuse—Fiction. 2. Alcoholism—Fiction. 3. Emotional problems—Fiction.
4. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.V9855Bu 2011
[Fic]—dc22
2010051617