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  Thanks always, always, always to Anne Ursu, Gretchen Moran Laskas, Linda Rasmussen, and Annika Cioffi—you know why. Melissa Ruby, you do, too.

  Finally, thanks to Steve, who sees me like nobody else does.

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  LAURA RUBY is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including the Edgar-nominated mystery Lily’s Ghosts, the 2006 Book Sense Pick Good Girls, and the acclaimed novels Play Me and Bad Apple. She is on the faculty of Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program and lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at www.lauraruby.com.

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  Ruby, Laura.

  Bone Gap / Laura Ruby. — First edition.

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  Summary: Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.

  ISBN 978-0-06-231760-5 (hardcover)

  EPub Edition © February 2015 ISBN 9780062317636

  [1. Kidnapping—Fiction. 2. Face perception—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. Bullying—Fiction. 5. Brothers—Fiction.] I. Title.

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