The New World

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2009 by Patrick Ness

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First Candlewick Press edition 2010

ISBN 978-0-7636-5649-2

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