In the Country of Queens
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9. The Mickey Mouse Club Song Sung Sadly
10. YCDBSOYA
11. Digging Down Deep
12. The Egg That Broke the Chicken’s Back
13. Opening Up
14. In Absentia
15. Taking Care of Business
16. The Last Supper
17. The Pony; the Twist; One, Two, Cha-Cha-Cha
18. Children with Pug Noses
19. The Reason for Moving
20. Smiling Back at the Great Spirit
21. Luke to the Rescue
Epilogue
About the Author
Copyright
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Text copyright © 2017 by Cari Best
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First hardcover edition, 2017
eBook edition, November 2017
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Best, Cari, author.
Title: In the country of Queens / Cari Best.
Description: First edition. | New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017 | “Margaret Ferguson Books.” | Summary: In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016050911 (print) | LCCN 2017023594 (ebook) | ISBN 9780374370534 (ebook) | ISBN 9780374370527 (hardcover)
Subjects: | CYAC: Bashfulness—Fiction. | Family life—Fiction. | Death—Fiction. | Queens (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.B46575 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.B46575 In 2017 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050911
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