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  He helped Pal rip off the paper. Inside, they found a purple velvet doggy sweater, GOOD DOG had been stitched into the velvet with gold thread.

  Text copyright © 2000 by Ron Roy

  Illustrations copyright © 2000 by John Steven Gurney

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

  Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Roy, Ron.

  The kidnapped king/by Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney.

  p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries)

  “A Stepping Stone book.”

  Summary: Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-53564-1

  [1. Kidnapping—Fiction. 2. Princes—Fiction. 3. Mystery and detective stories.]

  I. Gurney, John, ill. II. Title. PZ7.R8139Ki 2000 [Fic]—dc2.1 99–089549

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