Crooked Heart (26 page)

LISSA EVANS
has written books for both adults and children, including
Their Finest Hour and a Half
, longlisted for the Orange Prize, and
Small Change for Stuart
, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Book Award.

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CROOKED HEART
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Published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday, an imprint of Random House.

FIRST U.S. EDITION

ISBN: 978-0-06-236483-8

EPub Edition July 2015 ISBN 9780062364852

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