The Ming and I (20 page)

I would like to acknowledge my fourth grade teacher, Miss Enz; my tenth grade English teacher, Mr. Jester; my twelfth grade English teacher, Mrs. Seibert; and my Speech and Creative Writing teacher, Mr. Sodt. Thanks for your encouragement.

from Avon Books

T
HE
C
ANE
M
UTINY

M
ONET
T
ALKS

S
TATUE OF
L
IMITATIONS

T
ILES AND
T
RIBULATIONS

S
PLENDOR IN THE
G
LASS

N
IGHTMARE IN
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RMOR

A P
ENNY
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STATE OF
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IND

B
AROQUE AND
D
ESPERATE

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, S
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T
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M
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ILT BY
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ARCENY AND
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE MING AND I
. Copyright © 1997 by Tamar Myers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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