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Compilation copyright © 2014 by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
“Down Below” copyright © 2014 by Rita Williams-Garcia
“Initiation” copyright © 2014 by Ellen Hopkins
“Just Once” copyright © 2014 by A.S. King
“The Next NEXT Level” copyright © 2014 by Torrey Maldonado
“Running Man” copyright © 2014 by Charles R. Smith Jr.
“Making Up the Dead” copyright © 2014 by Nora Raleigh Baskin
“Two-a-Days” copyright © 2014 by Chris Barton
“I Have a Gun” copyright © 2014 by Will Weaver
“Connections” copyright © 2014 by Marina Budhos

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First electronic edition 2014

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2013957275
ISBN 978-0-7636-5285-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7636-7083-2 (electronic)

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