Authors: Joan Crate
Copyright © 2016 by Joan Crate
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Crate, Joan, 1953–, author
Black apple : a novel / Joan Crate.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4767-9516-4 (bound).—ISBN 978-1-4767-9518-8 (ebook)
I. Title.
PS8555.R338B53 2016 C813'.54 C2015-905966-6
C2015-905967-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-9516-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-9518-8 (ebook)
Chapter 6: Girls, So Many of Them
Chapter 8: Beasts of the Field
Chapter 15: The Mystery of Godliness
Chapter 21: Happy Birthday to You
Chapter 24: Iikss-tah-pik-ssi-wa
Chapter 27: Mould and Charcoal
Chapter 34: The Orphans’ Prayer
Chapter 41: When Skies Are Grey
Chapter 42: Bobcat with a Rabbit