ALSO BY ANN M. MARTIN:
Belle Teal
A Corner of the Universe
A Dog’s Life
Everything for a Dog
Here Today
On Christmas Eve
P.S. Longer Letter Later written with Paula Danziger
Snail Mail No More written with Paula Danziger
Ten Kids, No Pets
Ten Rules for Living with My Sister
The Baby-sitters Club series
The Doll People series written with Laura Godwin
The Main Street series
Copyright © 2014 by Ann M. Martin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Best kept secret : the third generation / Ann M. Martin. — First edition.
pages cm. — (Family tree ; book 3)
Summary: In 1977 in Princeton, Dana’s daughter, seven-year-old Francie, is struggling to keep her dyslexia a secret from her teachers and family, and even the thought of high school and college is part of the remote and unattainable future.
ISBN 978-0-545-35944-3 (jacketed hardcover) 1. Dyslexia — Juvenile fiction. 2. Schools — Juvenile fiction. 3. Families — New Jersey — Princeton — Juvenile fiction. 4. Mothers and daughters — Juvenile fiction. 5. Princeton (N.J.) — History — 20th century — Juvenile fiction. [1. Dyslexia — Fiction. 2. Schools — Fiction. 3. Family life — New Jersey — Princeton — Fiction. 4. Mothers and daughters — Fiction. 5. Princeton (N.J.) — History — 20th century — Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series: Martin, Ann M., 1955- Family tree ; bk. 3.
PZ7.M3567585Bek 2014
813.54 — dc23
2013032027
First edition, May 2014
Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi
e-ISBN 978-0-545-63391-8
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