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  Copyright © 2013 by Chris Crutcher

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  Crutcher, Chris.

  Period 8 / Chris Crutcher.

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  “Greenwillow Books.”

  Summary: Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie “The Bomb” Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.

  ISBN 978-0-06-191480-5 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-06-191481-2 (library ed.)

  EPUB Edition © FEBRUARY 2013 ISBN 9780062190246

  [1. Clubs—Fiction. 2. Missing children—Fiction. 3. Bullies—Fiction. 4 Kidnapping—Fiction. 5. Sexual abuse—Fiction. 6. High schools—Fiction. 7. Schools—Fiction. 8 Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title. II. Title: Period eight. PZ7.C89Per 2013

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