Just Jane (30 page)

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W
ILLIAM
L
AVENDER
's career has spanned the areas of music, film documentary, theater, and literature. He published six adult novels in the seventies and eighties that received accolades, were brought out in many languages, and even made the Publishers Weekly bestseller list.
Just Jane
was his first novel for young readers. William Lavender lives with his wife in Riverside, California.

* In colonial times, the name of Charleston, South Carolina, was usually spelled Charlestown, often Charles Town.

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