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ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
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This Atheneum hardcover edition September 2009
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009903639
ISBN 978-1-4169-9532-6
ISBN 978-1-4169-9540-1 (eBook)
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