Authors: Carly Anne West
The Bargaining (37 page)
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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition February 2015
Text copyright © 2015 by Carly Anne West
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The text of this book was set in New Baskerville.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
West, Carly Anne.
The bargaining / Carly Anne West.âFirst Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
pages cm
Summary: Grieving and guilty over a friend's death, Penny is not surprised when her mother sends her to live with her father and stepmother, April, but when April takes her to help restore an old house in a dense forest, weird occurences connected to missing children threaten Penny's safety and fragile mental health.
ISBN 978-1-4424-4182-8 (hc)
[1. SupernaturalâFiction. 2. Missing children-âFiction. 3. Forests and forestryâFiction. 4. Dwellings-âConservation and restoration-âFiction. ÂÂ
5. Stepfamilies-âFiction. 6. Horror stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.W51733Bar 2015
[Fic]âdc23
2014014866
ISBN 978-1-4424-4184-2 (eBook)
