The Living

Copyright

This is a work of fiction.

Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2013 by Matt de la Peña

Jacket art copyright © 2013 by Philip Straub

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Peña, Matt de la.

The living / Matt de la Peña. — First edition.

pages cm

Summary: After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.

ISBN 978-0-385-74120-0 (hc) — ISBN 978-0-375-98991-9 (glb) — ISBN 978-0-375-98435-8 (ebook) [1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Natural disasters— Fiction. 3. Diseases—Fiction. 4. Cruise ships—Fiction. 5. Mexican Americans—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.P3725Li 2013

[Fic]—dc23

2012050778

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