This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2005 by Michael Winerip
Cover photograph copyright © 2007 by RubberBall/Veer
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2011
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Winerip, Michael (Michael C.), date.
Adam Canfield of the Slash / Michael Winerip. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: While serving as coeditors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city’s government.
ISBN 978-0-7636-2340-1 (hardcover)
[1. Newspapers — Fiction. 2. Journalists — Fiction.
3. Fraud — Fiction. 4. Schools — Fiction]
I. Title.
PZ7.W72494Ad 2005
[Fic] — dc22 2004061843
ISBN 978-0-7636-2794-2 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7636-5426-9 (electronic)
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