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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
September
Chapter One: Miserable
Chapter Two: The Bane
Chapter Three: The Cat’s Meow
Chapter Four: The Monster Head That Didn’t Spurt Blood
Chapter Five: The Halloween Fairy Is Evil
Chapter Six: An Impossible Mission
Chapter Seven: Grateful For Granny
Chapter Eight: Thursday Is Crazy
Chapter Nine: My Christmas Coffin
Chapter Ten: Super Sport Baseball Cleat Camp
Chapter Eleven: AKA Career Day AKA Mortify Ben Hunter Day
Chapter Twelve: The War of the Kisses
Chapter Thirteen: Spelling Bee’s Knees
Chapter Fourteen: Real Life Monsters
Chapter Fifteen: Trouble
Chapter Sixteen: Ben Hunter Is the Caterpillar’s Spats
Chapter Eighteen: A Perfect Day for Ben Hunter
About the Author & Illustrator
Copyright
Text copyright © 2016 by F. L. Block
Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Edward Hemingway
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Block, Francesca Lia. | Hemingway, Edward, illustrator.
Title: My miserable life / F.L. Block ; illustrated by Edward Hemingway.
Description: First edition. | New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. | Summary: An overprotective mother, an unfriendly older sister, and a friend-stealing school bully are some of the challenges faced by thoughtful ten-year-old Ben Hunter of Filmland, California.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015022326 | ISBN 9780805096286 (hardback) | ISBN 9781627796590 (e-book)
Subjects: | CYAC: Friendship—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction | Family life—California—Fiction. | California—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship. | JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.
Classification: LCC PZ7.B61945 My 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015022326
eISBN 9781627796590
First hardcover edition 2016
eBook edition June 2016