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Text copyright © 2006 by Louis Sachar

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sachar, Louis.

Small steps / Louis Sachar.

p.cm.

Summary: Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track.

[1. Juvenile delinquents—Rehabilitation—Fiction. 2. Cerebral palsy—Fiction. 3. People with disabilities—Fiction. 4. Singers—Fiction. 5. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 6. African Americans—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S1185Sma 2006

[Fic]—dc22

2005009102

The American Library Association awarded this book a Schneider Family Book Award in 2007.

Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-385-73314-4

Ebook ISBN: 9780375840692

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