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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Grant, Vicki
Dead-end job / Vicki Grant.
(Orca soundings)
ISBN 1-55143-378-8
I. Title. II. Series.
PS8613.R367D42 2005 jC813’.6 C2005-900339-1
Summary: When it turns out that the boy Frances has met at her job working the nightshift is a stalker, she realizes she may be in serious danger.
First published in the United States,
2005
Library of Congress Control
Number: 2005920401
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP), the Canada Council for the Arts, and the British Columbia Arts Council.
Cover design: Lynn O’Rourke
Cover photography: Firstlight.ca
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