This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

Text and map copyright © 2014 by Sharon L. Lovejoy
Jacket art copyright © 2014 by Meagan Bennett

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Reprinted by permission of Patrice Vecchione and Palanquin Press/Community Publishing (2013).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lovejoy, Sharon.
Running out of night / Sharon Lovejoy. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: “Journey of an abused twelve-year-old white girl and an escaped slave girl who run away together and form a bond of friendship while seeking freedom”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-385-74409-6 (hc) — ISBN 978-0-375-99147-9 (glb)
ISBN 978-0-385-37846-8 (ebook) [1. Friendship—Fiction. 2. Runaways—Fiction.
3. Fugitive slaves—Fiction. 4. Race relations—Fiction. 5. African Americans—Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.L956045Ru 2014

[Fic]—dc23
2013026375

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