Rites of Passage (41 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JOY N. HENSLEY
is a middle school writing teacher. She spends her twenty-minute lunch breaks hosting author Skype chats for her students. Once upon a time she went to a military school on a dare. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two children, finding as many ways as she can to never do another push-up again.
Rites of Passage
is her debut novel. You can visit her online at www.joynhensley.com.

 

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COPYRIGHT

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Rites of Passage

Copyright © 2014 by Joy N. Hensley

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hensley, Joy N.

  Rites of passage / Joy N. Hensley. — First edition.

    pages  cm

  Summary: “Sixteen-year-old Sam McKenna discovers that becoming one of the first girls to attend the revered Denmark Military Academy means living with a target on her back”— Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-06-229519-4 (hardback)

  EPUB Edition JULY 2014 ISBN 9780062295217

  [1. Military training—Fiction. 2. Sex role—Fiction. 3. Bullying—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Secret societies—Fiction. 6. Blue Ridge Mountains—Fiction.]  I. Title.

PZ7.H39835Rit 2014

2014010022

[Fic]—dc23

CIP

AC

 

14 15 16 17 18  CG/RRDH  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

FIRST EDITION