Text copyright © 2009 Catherine Austen

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Austen, Catherine, 1965-
Walking backward / written by Catherine Austen.

ISBN 978-1-55469-147-0

I. Title.

PS8601.U785W34 2009    jC813’.6    C2009-902804-2

First published in the United States, 2009
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009928210

Summary: After his mother dies in a phobia-related car crash, twelve-year-old Josh tries to make sense of his grief while he looks after his little brother and watches his father retreat into a fantasy world.

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