Love Blind (29 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition May 2016

Text copyright © 2016 by Christa Desir and Jolene Perry

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Desir, Christa, author. | Perry, Jolene B. (Jolene Betty), 1976-, author.

Title: Love blind / C. Desir and Jolene Perry.

Description: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015031920 | ISBN 9781481416931 (hc) |

ISBN 9781481416948 (pbk) | ISBN 9781481416955 (eBook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Self-confidence—Fiction. | Bashfulness—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Fear—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence. |

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Special Needs.

Classification: LCC PZ7.D4506 Lo 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

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