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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ronk, Martha Clare.
Glass grapes: stories / by Martha Ronk.—1st ed.
p. cm. — (American reader series ; no. 10)
ISBN 978-1-942683-27-8
I. Title.
PS3568.O574G57 2008
813'.54–dc22
2008019126
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