For Wesley – P. B.
With thanks to Lois Keddy and her family – B. C.
Franklin is a trademark of Kids Can Press Ltd.
Text © 1992 by Contextx Inc.
Illustrations © 1992 Brenda Clark Illustrator Inc.
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The hardcover edition of this book is smyth sewn casebound.
The paperback edition of this book is limp sewn with a drawn-on cover.
Manufactured in Buji, Shenzhen, China, in 10/2010 by WKT Company
CM 92 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
CDN PA 92 20 19 28 17 16
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Bourgeois, Paulette
Franklin is lost/ written by Paulette Bourgeois ; illustrated by Brenda Clark.
eISBN 978-1-4532-1871-6
ISBN 978-1-55453-735-8
1. Franklin (Fictitious character: Bourgeois) – Juvenile fiction. I. Clark, Brenda II. Title.
PS8553.O85477F53 2011 jC813’.54 C2010-906682-0
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Written by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark