This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Text copyright © 1996 by Christopher Pike
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The text of this book was set in Weiss Std.
Library of Congress Control Number 2015931897
ISBN 978-1-4814-1081-6 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-1079-3 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4302-9 (eBook)
This book was previously titled The Little People.