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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Geiger, J. C. (Jeffrey Clayton), 1979– author.
Title: The great big one / by J. C. Geiger.
Description: First edition. | New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. | Audience: Ages 14 & up. | Summary: Seventeen-year-old Griff has grown up in the shadow of his twin brother, Leo, and their prepper community, but hearing a radio broadcast of strange, beautiful music compels Griff to decide if surviving is truly living.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020041108 | ISBN 9780759555396 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780759555389 (ebook) | ISBN 9780759555372 (ebook other)
Subjects: CYAC: Survivalism—Fiction. | Brothers—Fiction. | Twins—Fiction. | Bands (Music)—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.G448 Gre 2021 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041108
ISBNs: 978-0-7595-5539-6 (hardcover), 978-0-7595-5538-9 (ebook)
E3-20210603-JV-NF-ORI