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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Giles, L.R. (Lamar R.), author.

Title: Not so pure and simple / Lamar Giles.

Description: First edition. | New York : HarperTeen, [2020] | Audience: Ages 13 up | Audience: Grades 10–12 | Summary: High school junior Del Rainey unwillingly joins a Purity Pledge class at church, hoping to get closer to his long-term crush, Kiera.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019025683 | ISBN 9780062349194 (hardcover)

Subjects: CYAC: Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Christian life—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Family life—Virginia—Fiction. | African Americans—Fiction. | Virginia—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.G39235 Not 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025683

Digital Edition JANUARY 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-234921-7

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-234919-4

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