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Published in Great Britain in 2006 by Puffin UK, London.
First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2006
Published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2007
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Dent, Grace. LBD : friends forever / by Grace Dent. p. cm. Summary: Now sixteen years old,
Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude try to repair an unexpected rift in their friendship by getting summer
waitressing jobs together at a seaside resort. [1. Friendship—Fiction. 2. Waiters and waitresses—
Fiction. 3. High schools—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction.
5. England—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.D4345Lam 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2005023963