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Название: The Elite

Автор: Кира Касс

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Детская проза

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isbn: 9780007466733

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      First published in the USA by HarperTeen,

       an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. in 2013

      First published in paperback in Great Britain by

      HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013

       HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd,

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      The Elite

      Copyright © 2013 by Kiera Cass

      Kiera Cass asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the work.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      ISBN: 978-0-00-746670-2

       Ebook Edition © MARCH 2013 ISBN: 9780007466733

      Version: 2015-12-09

      Call out the servants! The queen is awake!

      (For Mom)

      CONTENTS

       TITLE PAGE

       DEDICATION

       CHAPTER 9

       CHAPTER 10

       CHAPTER 11

       CHAPTER 12

       CHAPTER 13

       CHAPTER 14

       CHAPTER 15

       CHAPTER 16

       CHAPTER 17

       CHAPTER 18

       CHAPTER 19

       CHAPTER 20

       CHAPTER 21

       CHAPTER 22

       CHAPTER 23

       CHAPTER 24

       CHAPTER 25

       CHAPTER 26

       CHAPTER 27

       CHAPTER 28

       CHAPTER 29

       CHAPTER 30

       CHAPTER 31

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       ALSO BY KIERA CASS

      ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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