Diamonds in the Shadow (31 page)

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 © 2007 by Caroline B. Cooney
All rights reserved.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition
of this work as follows:
Cooney, Caroline B.
Diamonds in the shadow / Caroline B. Cooney.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family
of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who
inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
[1. Refugees—Fiction. 2. Africans—United States—Fiction.
3. Civil war—Africa—Fiction. 4. Family life—Connecticut—Fiction.
5. Connecticut—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C7834Di 2007
[Fic]—dc22
2006027811

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