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  “Hey,” said a voice behind him. “You crossing or not?”

  “Huh?” Manny said, jumping a little. There was a guy in a wheelchair just behind him. The signal had changed to “Walk” again, but Manny was blocking the ramp into the street. “Oh,” he said, embarrassed. “Sorry.”

  And with that, Manny stepped forward into the crosswalk and continued on to the opposite side of the street.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  A special thanks to Jeff Graham, Marshall Moore, Ron Podmore, and Becky Wojahn for taking the time to help me better understand the world of the Deaf.

  About the Author

  BRENT HARTINGER’S outstanding writing for young adults has won him numerous awards and grants, including an SCBWI/Judy Blume Grant for a Contemporary Novel for Young People. His first book, GEOGRAPHY CLUB, was a Lambda Literary Award nominee and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. He has also published THE LAST CHANCE TEXACO and a sequel to GEOGRAPHY CLUB entitled THE ORDER OF THE POISON OAK. Brent’s other love is writing for the theater, and his plays have been performed across the country.

  Brent Hartinger lives in Tacoma, Washington, with his partner, writer Michael Jensen. You can visit him online at www.brenthartinger.com.

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  Jacket art © 2006 by Dan McCarthy

  Jacket design by Christopher Stengel

  Copyright

  GRAND & HUMBLE. Copyright © 2006 by Brent Hartinger. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, 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.

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