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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Kuijer, Guus, 1942-

  [Boek van alle dingen. English]

  The book of everything / by Guus Kuijer ; translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: Nine-year-old Thomas receives encouragement from many sources, including candid talks with Jesus, to help him tolerate the strict family life dictated by his deeply religious father.

  ISBN 978-0-439-74918-3

  [1. Family problems—Fiction 2. Christian life—Fiction. 3. Amsterdam (Netherlands)—Fiction.] I. Nieuwenhuizen, John. II. Title.

  PZ7.K9490143Boo 2006

  [Fic]—dc22 2005018717

  First American edition, April 2006

  Cover photo © Naruaki Onishi/Stone/Getty Images

  Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

  e-ISBN 978-0-545-29898-8

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