The Rose Thieves (21 page)

“Of course it's an emergency,” she said. “Don't listen to him.”

Then she said, tartly, “See?”—because the sirens in the valley had begun to howl. I tried to resist it, but they filled me with a wild fear and joy.

“Emergency!” Lizzie cried, and she leapt, en pointe, through the squash vines, alive in the world of dangers, singing, “Emergency, emergency!” with her whole red heart.

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C
ONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Acknowledgments

Dedication

The Art of Conversation

The Honored Guest

In the Zoot Car

Katie Vanderwald

Packing Up

Shoe

Nonchalant

Audrey: Keeper of the Flame

Elysian View

We Face Death

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Copyright

ROSE THIEVES
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First published in the United States by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers

First Picador Edition: October 2003

eISBN 9781466886117

First eBook edition: October 2014