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Text copyright © 2015 by Tamara Ellis Smith

Cover art copyright © 2015 by Christopher Silas Neal

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Tamara Ellis.

Another kind of hurricane / Tamara Ellis Smith. — First edition.

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Summary: The world itself seems to bring together Henry, whose best friend died near their home in the mountains of Vermont, and Zavion, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, so that the boys can help each other heal.

ISBN 978-0-553-51193-2 (hc) — ISBN 978-0-553-51194-9 (glb)

ISBN 978-0-553-51195-6 (ebook)

[1. Loss (Psychology)—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Death—Fiction. 4. Grief—Fiction. 5. Survival—Fiction. 6. Hurricane Katrina, 2005—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.1.S657Ano 2015

[Fic]—dc23

2014030847

eBook ISBN 9780553511956

eBook design adapted from printed book design by Rachael Cole

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