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First published in the United States of America by Laura Geringer Books,
an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2008
Published by Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2015
Copyright © 2008 by Lisa Graff
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARPERCOLLINS EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Graff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen), date
The life and crimes of Bernetta Wallflower : a novel / by Lisa Graff.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: After her supposed best friend implicates her in a cheating and blackmail scam, twelve-year-old Bernetta loses her private school scholarship but, with the help of a new friend, spends the summer using her knowledge of magic and sleight-of-hand both to earn the $9,000 in tuition money and to get revenge.
ISBN: 978-0-06-087592-3 (trade)
ISBN: 978-0-06-087593-0 (lib. bdg.)
[1. Swindlers and swindling—Fiction. 2. Magic tricks—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction.
4. Family life—Fiction. 5. Moneymaking projects—Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.G751577Ber 2008 2006103470
[Fic]—dc22 CIP AC
Puffin Books 978-0-698-19691-9