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Also by Neal Shusterman:

Rising Thunder, December 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Dry, October 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Unbound, December 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Challenger Deep, May 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Undivided, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Tesla's Attic, February 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
UnWholly, October 2013
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Unsouled, October 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Everfound, May 2011
Hardcover
Everwild, November 2010
Trade Size (reprint)
Bruiser, July 2010
Hardcover
Everlost, November 2009
Paperback (reprint)
Unwind, June 2009
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Duckling Ugly, April 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Dread Locks, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Red Rider's Hood, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
The Schwa Was Here, March 2006
Paperback (reprint)

DUCKLING UGLY
By: Neal Shusterman

Dark Fusion #3
Puffin
April 2007
On Sale: April 5, 2007
Featuring: Cara
224 pages
ISBN: 0142406848
EAN: 9780142406847
Paperback (reprint)
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Young Adult Paranormal

Cara is so ugly, mirrors would rather break than show her reflection. Not even her own parents can deny her ugliness, and nothing can make up for the cruelty of her schoolmates. Tormented and tortured by the shallow people of Flock's Rest, Cara's life is miserable.

Then Cara receives a shimmering note from some exotic place suggesting that there's more to her than meets the eye. Cara wonders if her destiny has something to do with her recurring dreams of a beautiful green valley where the people are so accepting, her ugliness doesn't matter.

Soon, Cara discovers that her valley of dreams is real. It's a place where the ugliest of ducklings can become swans. A swan, however, can have a serious taste for revenge . . . deadly revenge.