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.

Text copyright © 2020 by Karen M. McManus, LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McManus, Karen M., author.

Title: The cousins / Karen M. McManus.

Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2020] | Audience: Ages 14 & Up | Audience: Grades 10–12 | Summary: After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family history has some deadly secrets.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019040010 | ISBN 9780525708001 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525708018 (library binding) | ebook ISBN 9780525708025 | ISBN 9780593305492 (intl. tr. pbk.)

Subjects: CYAC: Cousins—Fiction. | Families—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M4637 Co 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

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