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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rosin, Lindsey, author.
Title: Cherry / by Lindsey Rosin.
Description: Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2016. | Summary: “Four best friends make a pact to lose their virginity before they graduate high school”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016005846 (print) | LCCN 2016024435 (ebook) | ISBN 9781481459082 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481459136 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Coming of age—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Virginity—Fiction. | Sex—Fiction. | Self-realization—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Dating & Sex. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.R673 Ch 2016 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.R673 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016005846
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