<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:f3342aa2-110b-4fb7-8f1c-bf1cee775c69" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><hr/> <p class="first"><img alt="[Image]" class="art" id="fig_RottenRalphsRottenRomance-17" src="images/RottenRalphsRottenRomance-17.jpg" width="100%"/></p> <p class="center"><em>Illustrated by</em> <span style="font-size: smaller">NICOLE RUBEL</span></p> <p class="center"><span style="font-size: smaller">HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON</span></p> <hr/> <p class="left">To Madeline—<span style="font-size: smaller">J.G.</span><a id="p2"/> </p> <p class="left">To My Husband—<span style="font-size: smaller">N.R.</span></p> <p class="left"><b>Text copyright © 1997 by John B. Gantos, Jr.</b><br/> <b>Illustrations copyright © 1997 by Nicole Rubel</b></p> <p class="left">All rights reserved. For information about permission to reproduce selections<br/> from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park<br/> Avenue South, New York, New York, 10003.<br/> <a href="http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com">www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com</a></p> <p class="left">Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data</p> <p class="left">Gantos, Jack.<br/> Rotten Ralph's rotten romance / by Jack Gantos; illustrated by Nicole Rubel.<br/> p.cm.<br/> Summary: It is Valentine's Day, and Rotten Ralph, a very, very nasty cat,<br/> is up to his rotten tricks.<br/> RNF ISBN: 0-395-73978-0 PAP ISBN: 0-618-49486-3<br/> [1. Valentine's Day—Fiction. 2 Valentines—Fiction. 3. Cats—Fiction.<br/> 4. Behavior—Fiction] I. Rubel, Nicole, ill. II. Title.<br/> PZ7.G15534Rokj 1997<br/> [E]-dc20 95-43098<br/> CIP<br/> AC</p> <p class="left">Rotten Ralph was created by Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel</p> <p class="left">Printed in China<br/> LEO 10 9 8 7</p> </body> </html>