About the Author
J.E. THOMPSON spent twenty-five years as an investment banker before becoming a writer. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, not too far from the bays and plantations that inspired The Girl from Felony Bay, his first children’s book.
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Credits
Cover illustration © 2013 by Brett Helquist
Cover design by Michelle Taormina
Copyright
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THE GIRL FROM FELONY BAY.
Copyright © 2013 by John Thompson.
Map illustration copyright © 2013 by Brett Helquist
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thompson, John.
The girl from Felony Bay / John Thompson. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: “When Abbey’s father falls into a coma and is accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Abbey sets out to prove his innocence—and repay a century-old debt”— Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-210446-5 (hardcover bdg.)
EPub Edition March 2013 ISBN 9780062104489
[1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Families—Fiction. 3. Fathers—Fiction. 4. Coma—Fiction. 5. Charleston (S.C.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.T3715957Gi 2013 2012025338
[Fic]—dc23 CIP
AC
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