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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Assadi, Hannah Lillith, author.
Title: The stars are not yet bells / Hannah Lillith Assadi.
Description: First edition. | New York: Riverhead Books, 2022.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020051357 (print) | LCCN 2020051358 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780593084366 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593084465 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PS3601.S74 S73 2022 (print) | LCC PS3601.S74 (ebook)
DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051357
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051358
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Cover art based on original art by Amy Friend
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