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Northrop, Michael.
Gentlemen / Michael Northrop.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: When three teenaged boys suspect that their English teacher is responsible for their friend’s disappearance, they must navigate a maze of assorted clues, fraying friendships, violence, and Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment before learning the truth.
ISBN-13: 978-0-545-09749-9
ISBN-10: 0-545-09749-5
[1. Guilt—Fiction. 2. Missing persons—Fiction. 3. Teachers—Fiction.
4. Crime—Fiction. 5. Friendship—Fiction. 6. High schools—Fiction.
7. Schools—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.N8185Ge 2009
[Fic]—dc22 2008038971
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 09 10 11 12 13
First edition, April 2009
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E-ISBN: 978-0-545-23123-7
The quotations from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment are from the 2003 Bantam Classic reissue, translated by Constance Garnett, published by Bantam Dell, a division of Random House, Inc.
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