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aug sept oct nov dec an unforgettable and moving literary debut now in paperback isbn 978-0-440-42218-1 price $8.99 9.99 can on sale 9/9/2008 trim size 5-3/16 x 8 · pages 320 carton count 24 · ages 12 up format trade paperback order form category young adult fiction territory us and canada only no open market all rights rhuk ean 9 780440 422181 a swift pure cry postcard pack of 10 isbn 978-0-385-76220-5 no charge · available now see page 195 for an additional title by siobhan dowd a swift pure cry siobhan dowd it is no small feat to write a story so heavy with foreboding and both deliver on the palpable sense of dread and concoct a hopeful yet realistic ending dowd achieves this in her beautifully realized account of one girl s loss of innocence and her resilient recovery publishers weekly starred dowd s elegant unsentimental prose and her instinctive grasp of the struggles of the human heart [lead toward a hopeful ending don t let your kids keep this book to themselves people magazine told through flowing eloquent prose with strong joycean influences this engrossing and haunting tale will not let the reader go kirkus reviews also available a swift pure cry hc 978-0-385-75108-7 · $16.99 22.99 can glb 978-0-385-75109-4 · $19.99 26.99 can the london eye mystery hc 978-0-375-84976-3 · $15.99 20.99 can glb 978-0-375-94976-0 · $18.99 24.99 can bog child 9/9/2008 hc 978-0-385-75169-8 · $16.99 19.99 can glb 978-0-385-75170-4 · $19.99 22.99 can a book sense top 10 pick siobhan dowd s novels include a swift pure cry for which she was named a publishers weekly flying start author the london eye mystery and bog child she passed away in august of 2007 from breast cancer 222 · young adult paperback

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