Copyright © 2001 by Constance S. Cormier, executrix for the estate of Robert Cormier
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   Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
   Cormier, Robert.
   The rag and bone shop: a novel / by Robert Cormier.
   p. cm.
   Summary: Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.
   [1. Criminal investigation—Fiction. 2. Detectives—Fiction. 3. Police—
   Fiction. 4. Murder—Fiction. 5. Massachusetts—Fiction.] I. Title.
   PZ7.C81634 Rag 2001
   [Fic]—dc21 2001028540
   October 2001
   eISBN: 978-0-385-72992-5
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