Edge of Extinction. Laura Martin
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Название: Edge of Extinction

Автор: Laura Martin

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Детская проза

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isbn: 9780008152901

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       The Borough Press

The Borough Press

       Copyright

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2016

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

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      EDGE OF EXTINCTION

      Text copyright © Laura Martin 2016

      Cover illustration © Fred Gambino

      Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2016

      Laura Martin asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008152895

      Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780008152901

      Version: 2016-04-13

      For all the kids with their nose in a book.

      You are my favourite kind of dreamer.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       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

       Coming soon

       About the Publisher

       The Borough Press

      I needed two minutes. Just enough time to get to the maildrop and back, but I had to time it perfectly. Dying wasn’t an option today, just like it hadn’t been an option the last ten times I’d done this. I’d thought it would get easier after the first time. It hadn’t.

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