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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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  BRENDAN KIELY is the New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys (co-written with Jason Reynolds), The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter. His work has been published in ten languages, and has received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His books have twice been named Best Fiction for Young Adults (2015, 2017) by the American Library Association, and The Gospel of Winter was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014. Originally from the Boston area, he now lives with his wife in New York City. Find out more at BrendanKiely.com.

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  ALSO BY BRENDAN KIELY

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  The Gospel of Winter

  The Last True Love Story

  All American Boys (with Jason Reynolds)

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  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Kiely, Brendan, 1977- author.

  Title: Tradition / Brendan Kiely.

  Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books,

  [2018] | Summary: At Fullbrook Academy, where tradition reigns supreme, James Baxter and Jules Devereux take on privilege, sexism, and the importance of consent.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2017026455 (print) | LCCN 2017039364 (eBook)

  ISBN 9781481480345 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481480369 (eBook)

  Subjects: | CYAC: Conduct of life—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Wealth—Fiction. | Rape—Fiction. | Sexism—Fiction.

  Classification: LCC PZ7.K5398 (eBook) | LCC PZ7.K5398 Tr 2018 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026455