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Praise for the Acclaimed Novels of Award-Winning Author Kevin Henkes
“Kevin Henkes's words are worth a thousand pictures.” —
The New York Times

The Year of Billy Miller
(available September 2013)

Illustrated by the author

“Billy Miller's second-grade year is quietly spectacular in a wonderfully ordinary way. Sweetly low-key and totally accessible.” —
Kirkus Reviews

Olive's Ocean

Winner of a Newbery Honor

“Characters and setting are painted in with the deft strokes of an experienced artist.” —
Kirkus Reviews

Junonia

A
School Library Journal
Best Book of the Year

“Henkes captures the honest frustrations and not-so-nice moments of kid-dom, wrapped in spare, lilting language and evocative illustrations.” —
Family Circle

Bird Lake Moon

“A novel as tender as his acclaimed
Olive's Ocean
. . . . Remarkable.” —
Publishers Weekly

“A significant and highly readable book.” —
School Library Journal

The Birthday Room

“Henkes explores family relationships with breathtaking tenderness, showing how feelings of guilt, bitterness and fear can be quelled by more deeply rooted love.” —
Publishers Weekly

Sun & Spoon

An American Library Association Notable Book

“Henkes captures young angst with respect and honesty.” —
School Library Journal

Two Under Par

Illustrated by the author

“Touching and funny.” —
Publishers Weekly

Protecting Marie

A
School Library Journal
Best Book of the Year

“A simply told but multilayered story, rich in imagery and feeling.” —
Kirkus Reviews

Words of Stone

Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year

“An outstanding book. One of the year's best.” —
Kirkus Reviews

The Zebra Wall

“Fans of Beverly Cleary and Betsy Byars will enjoy this Henkes selection.” —
School Library Journal

Books by Kevin Henkes

Junonia

Bird Lake Moon

Olive's Ocean

The Birthday Room

Sun & Spoon

Protecting Marie

Words of Stone

The Zebra Wall

Two Under Par

Return to Sender

Margaret & Taylor

Copyright

Cover by Kevin Henkes

T
HE ZEBRA WALL
. Copyright © 1988 by Kevin Henkes. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Henkes, Kevin.

The zebra wall/by Kevin Henkes.

p.     cm.

Summary: When ten-year-old Adine's mother has a new baby, eccentric Aunt Irene comes to stay and shares Adine's bedroom—an event which requires a great deal of adjustment.

ISBN 0-688-07568-1

EPub Edition May 2013 ISBN 9780062284693

[1. Aunts—Fiction. 2. Babies—Fiction. 3. Family life—Fiction.] I. Title

PZ7.H389Ze 1988 [Fic]—dcl9 87-18454 CIP AC

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