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Fall from Innocence: The Body STEPHEN KING Level 5 Retold by Robin Waterfield Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Pearson E d u c a t i o n L i m i t e d Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex C M 2 0 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN 0 582 41817 8 Fall from Innocence: The Body from D I F F E R E N T SEASONS by Stephen King Copyright © Stephen King 1982 Published by arrangement with Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA, Inc. This adaptation first published by Penguin Books 1994 Published by Addison Wesley Longman Limited and Penguin Books Ltd. 1998 N e w edition first published 1999
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Contents page Introduction
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Chapter 1 The Hardest Things to Say Chapter 2 The Tree House Gang Chapter 3 The Forests of Maine Chapter 4 A Jar of Pennies Chapter 5 Making Plans Chapter 6 Brother Denny Chapter 7 The Gun Chapter 8 The Railway Chapter 9 The Dump Chapter 10 Milo and Chopper Chapter 11 Night-Sweats Chapter 12 The Bridge Chapter 13 The Loser's Life Chapter 14 Darkness in the Forest Chapter 15 A Dream of Deep Water Chapter 16 The Deer Chapter 17 Leeches Chapter 18 Short Shadows, Dusty Shoes Chapter 19 A Serious Matter Chapter 20 The Body Chapter 21 Ace Merrill Chapter 22 Hailstones Chapter 23 A Twenty-Year-Old Dream Chapter 24 Love Has Teeth Chapter 25 Empty Kitchen Chapter 26 Some People Drown Chapter 27 Tears for a Friend
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