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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Text © 2021 by Cynthia Rylant
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rylant, Cynthia, author.
Title: Rosetown summer / Cynthia Rylant.
Description: First edition. | New York : Beach Lane Books, [2021] | Sequel to: Rosetown. | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: In 1973, Flora loves living in the quiet town of Rosetown, Indiana, where change is not constant, but life takes a decided turn during the summer between fourth and fifth grades.
Subjects: CYAC: Friendship—Fiction. | Change—Fiction. | City and town life—Indiana—Fiction. | Indiana—History—20th century—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.R982 Rs 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.R982 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052194
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052195