The Mystery of the Blue Ring (6 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, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

copyright © 1987 by Patricia Reilly Giff

illustrations copyright © 1987 Blanche Sims

cover design by Georgia Morrissey

978-1-4532-2039-9

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