by Heidi Ayarbe
“Welcome home,” she says.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to Alexis Erwin, Katrena Kalleres, and Corey LeMay for their expertise. And always my rocks, Carrie and Cesar; my cheering squad, Rick, Syd, and Kyra; my writing family, the Slingers; and my amazing editor and my agent, Jill Santopolo and Stephen Barbara.
About the Author
HEIDI AYARBE grew up in Nevada and has lived all over the world. She now makes her home in Colombia with her husband and daughter. Her first novel, FREEZE FRAME, won her much critical acclaim. You can visit her online at www.heidiayarbe.com.
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Jacket art © Insa Wagner
Jacket design by Greg Stadnyk / Mischa Shoni Rosenberg
Copyright
COMPROMISED. Copyright © 2010 by Heidi Ayarbe. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ayarbe, Heidi.
Compromised / Heidi Ayarbe. —1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: With her con-man father in prison, fifteen-year-old Maya sets out from Reno, Nevada, for Boise, Idaho, hoping to stay out of foster care by finding an aunt she never knew existed, but a fellow runaway complicates all of her scientifically devised plans.
ISBN 978-0-06-172849-5 (trade bdg.)
[1. Runaways—Fiction. 2. Voyages and travels—Fiction. 3. Family problems—Fiction. 4. Foster home care—Fiction.5. Tourette syndrome—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.A9618Com 2010
[Fic]—dc22 2009023545
CIP
AC
EPub Edition © February 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200146-7
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