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SIMON SPOTLIGHT
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This Simon Spotlight hardcover edition July 2016
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Text by Sheila Sweeny Higginson. Cover illustration by Stephen Gilpin.
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ISBN 978-1-4814-6730-8 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-6729-2 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-6731-5 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number 2016936490