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Originally published in 2018 by Pushkin Press in Great Britain
First U.S. Edition: June 2019
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fountain, Ele, author.
Title: Refugee 87 / Ele Fountain.
Other titles: Boy 87 | Refugee eighty-seven
Description: First U.S. edition. | New York; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. | “Originally published in 2018 by Pushkin Press in Great Britain.” | Summary: In the Middle East, fourteen-year-old Shif and his best friend Bini embark on a continent-crossing journey of survival after they are imprisoned and become refugees.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018029973| ISBN 9780316423038 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316423014 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780316423007 (ebk.) | ISBN 9780316423021 (library edition ebk.)
Subjects: | CYAC: Prisoners—Fiction. | Refugees—Fiction. | Survival—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Middle East—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F6785 Re 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018029973
ISBNs: 978-0-316-42303-8 (hardcover), 978-0-316-42300-7 (ebook)
E3-20190424-JV-NF-ORI