Clay (19 page)

ALSO BY DAVID ALMOND

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2006 by David Almond

Originally published in Great Britian in 2005 by Hadder Children’s Books

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:

Almond, David.

Clay / David Almond.

p. cm.

Summary: The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy’s supernatural powers.

[1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Horror stories.] I. Title.

PZ7.A448Cla 2006

[Fic]—dc22

2005022681

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