Copyright
This edition first published in 2014 by Gecko Press
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Distributed in New Zealand by Random House NZ
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© Joy Cowley 2014
© Gecko Press Ltd 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted or utilized in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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National Library of New Zealand.
Gecko Press acknowledges the generous support of
Creative New Zealand
Typesetting by Luke & Vida Kelly, New Zealand
Edited by Patricia Lee Gauch
Printed in China by Everbest Printing Co Ltd,
an accredited ISO 14001 & FSC certified printer
ISBN paperback: 978–1–877579–93–6
ISBN e-book: 978–1–927271–23–0 (epub);
978–1–927271–24–7 (mobi)
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