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Authors: Harry Mazer

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“See you soon, buddy,” Sammy said to the night. “Take care.”

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mazer, Harry.

The wild kid / Harry Mazer.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary : Twelve-year-old Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes a prisoner of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.

ISBN 0-689-80751-1

ISBN: 978-0-689-84878-0 (ebook)

[1. Mentally handicapped—Fiction. 2. Runaways—Fiction. 3. Feral children—Fiction.] I. Title.  PZ7.M47397Wp  1998  [Fic]—dc21  97-42578

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