The Curse of the Buttons (16 page)

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.

Copyright © 2014 by Anne Ylvisaker
Cover photograph of boy courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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 2014

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2014931836
ISBN 978-0-7636-6138-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7636-6693-4 (electronic)

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