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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Emmich, Val, author. | Levenson, Steven, 1984– author. | Pasek, Benj, author. | Paul, Justin, author.
Title: Dear Evan Hansen : the novel / Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul.
Description: First edition. | New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. | “Poppy.” | Summary: Evan goes from being a nobody to everyone’s hero and a social media superstar after a chance encounter with Connor just before his suicide leads others to believe Evan was his only friend.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018023821| ISBN 9780316420235 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316420228 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316420464 (library edition ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Popularity—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Social media—Fiction. | Suicide—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.E475 De 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018023821
ISBNs: 978-0-316-42023-5 (hardcover) 978-0-316-42022-8 (ebook), 978-0-316-52947-1 (large print), 978-0-316-52955-6 (Target), 978-0-316-48714-6 (Barnes & Noble), 978-0-316-42238-3 (Barnes & Noble Black Friday)
E3-20180831-JV-PC