All Alone in the Universe

  It was my friend who left.

  All by herself.

  A black pit opened inside of me, and I fell in. I fell and I fell.

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  ALL ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE

  ALA Notable Children‧s Books

  The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List

  Booklist Children‧s Editors’ Choices

  Bulletin Blue Ribbon

  Riverbank Review Children‧s Books of Distinction

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  All Alone in the Universe.

  Text and illustrations copyright © 1999 by Lynne Rae Perkins.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.

  Perkins, lynne Rae.

  All alone in the universe / by Lynne Rae Perkins,

  p. cm.

  “Greenwillow Books.”

  Summary: Debbie is dismayed when her best friend, Maureen, starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.

  ISBN 0-688-16881-7 — ISBN 0-380-73302-1 (pbk.)

  [1. Best friends—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.P4313De 1999 98-50093

  [Fic]—dc21 CIP

  AC

  First Harper Trophy edition, 2001

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