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This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2006 by Iain Lawrence

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:

Lawrence, Iain.

Gemini summer / Iain Lawrence.

p. cm.

Summary: In 1965, Danny’s grief over the death of his older brother Beau is eased when a stray puppy adopts him, but he soon realizes that Beau is somehow in the dog, and sets out to make his brother’s dream of seeing a rocket launch at Cape Kennedy come true.

[1. Brothers—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Death—Fiction. 4. Family life—Fiction. 5. Project Gemini (U.S.)—Fiction. 6. Grissom, Virgil I.—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.L43545Gem 2006

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2006001801

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