Authors: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Feral Pride (27 page)
All of you — or as we say in Texas, all y’all — are my heroes.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
The epigraph originally appeared in
Jungles
and is provided courtesy of Frans Lanting.
Copyright © 2015 by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cover photograph copyright © 2015 by David Sucsy/Getty Images (skyline)
Photograph on title page copyright © Image Farm Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2015
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2014944625
ISBN 978-0-7636-5911-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7636-7709-1 (electronic)
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