by E. R. Frank
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ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS • An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division • 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 • www.SimonandSchuster.com • 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. • Text copyright © 2015 by E. R. Frank • Jacket photograph copyright © 2015 by Neil Swaab • All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. • ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS is a registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. • Atheneum logo is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. • For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected]. • The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. • Interior design by Mike Rosamilia; jacket design and hand-lettering by Russell Gordon • The text for this book is set in Mercury. • First Edition • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data • Frank, E. R. • Dime / E. R. Frank. — First edition. • pages cm • Summary: Fourteen-year-old Dime, a foster child in Newark, New Jersey, finds love and family as a prostitute, but when reality sets in, will Dime have the strength to leave? • ISBN 978-1-4814-3160-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) • ISBN 978-1-4814-3162-0 (eBook) • [1. Prostitution—Fiction. 2. Families—Fiction. 3. African Americans—Fiction.] I. Title. • PZ7.F84913Di 2015 • [Fic]—dc23 • 2014023579