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Contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5. Chapter 1
6. Chapter 2
7. Chapter 3
8. Chapter 4
9. Chapter 5
10. Chapter 6
11. Chapter 7
12. Chapter 8
13. Chapter 9
14. Chapter 10
15. Chapter 11
16. Chapter 12
17. Chapter 13
18. Chapter 14
19. Acknowledgments
20. Also by Brigit Young
21. About the Author
22. Copyright

Copyright © 2022 by Brigit Young

Published by Roaring Brook Press

Roaring Brook Press is a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership

120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 • mackids.com

All rights reserved.

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

Names: Young, Brigit, author.

Title: Bright / Brigit Young.

Description: First edition. | New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2022. | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: Marianne Blume, a self-described ‘ditz,’ tries out for her school’s Quiz Quest team in a bid to prove she is smart.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021047595 | ISBN 9781250822116 (hardcover)

Subjects: CYAC: Middle schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Self-esteem—Fiction. | LCGFT: Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.Y7424 Br 2022 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021047595

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eISBN 9781250822123

First hardcover edition 2022

eBook edition 2022