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Illustrator: Richard Garratt Copyeditor: Peter Jaskowiak Editorial Assistant: Andrea St. Aubin Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3378-8 ISBN: 978-1-4222-3379-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8553-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parker, Steve, 1952- [Coal (2015)] Coal / by Steve Parker. pages cm. — (North American natural resources) Audience: Age 12+ Audience: Grade 7 to 8. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4222-3379-5 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-4222-3378-8 (series) — ISBN 978-1-4222-8553-4 (ebook) 1. Coal—North America—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

TN801.P3723 2015 333.8’220973—dc23

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