Andromeda Klein (43 page)

Authors: Frank Portman

T
HANKS TO
:

Krista Marino, Steven Malk, Beverly Horowitz, Tamar Schwartz, Colleen Fellingham, Tim Terhune, Angela Carlino, and Tristin Aaron.

FRANK PORTMAN (aka Dr. Frank) is the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the influential East Bay punk band the Mr. T. Experience (MTX). MTX has released about a dozen albums since forming in the mid-eighties.
Andromeda Klein
is Frank Portman’s second novel. His first novel,
King Dork
, was an ALA-ALSC Best Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Quills Award. You can visit him at
www.frankportman.com
.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Portman, Frank.
Andromeda Klein / Frank Portman.–1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities, overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others’ help in her plan to save library books–and finds a kindred spirit along the way.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89095-6 [1. Occultism–Fiction. 2. Tarot–Fiction.
3. Hearing impaired–Fiction. 4. People with disabilities–Fiction. 5. Books and reading–Fiction. 6. Libraries–Fiction. 7. Family life–California–Fiction. 8. California–Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.P8373And 2009
[Fic]–dc22
2009015879

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