Bone Gap (33 page)

Authors: Laura Ruby

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

LAURA RUBY
is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including the Edgar-nominated mystery
Lily's Ghosts
, the 2006 Book Sense Pick
Good Girls
, and the acclaimed novels
Play Me
and
Bad Apple
. She is on the faculty of Hamline University's MFA in writing for children and young adults program and lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at
www.lauraruby.com
.

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CREDITS

Cover design and hand lettering by Michelle Taormina

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BONE GAP
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ruby, Laura.

Bone Gap / Laura Ruby. â First edition.

pages Â Â Â Â Â cm

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.

ISBN 978-0-06-231760-5 (hardcover)

EPub Edition Â© February 2015 ISBN 9780062317636

[1. KidnappingâFiction. 2. Face perceptionâFiction. 3. Interpersonal relationsâFiction. 4. BullyingâFiction. 5. BrothersâFiction.] I. Title.