Next Year, For Sure

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Peterson, Zoey Leigh, author

Next year, for sure / Zoey Leigh Peterson.

ISBN 978-0-385-68677-8 (paperback).--ISBN 978-0-385-68675-4 (epub)

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PS8623.E4743N49 2017 C813′.6 C2016-902972-7

C2016-902973-5

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

“Signals at Sea” from MORNINGS LIKE THIS: FOUND POEMS by ANNIE DILLARD.

Cover design: Jaya Miceli

Cover art: “Unnamed Affection” © Jarek Puczel

Cover lettering: Grace Han

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