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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Auel, Jean M.
The plains of passage/Jean M. Auel.–1st ed.
p. cm.–(Earth’s children)
I. Title. II. Series: Auel, Jean M. Earth’s children.
813′.54–dc20 90-38330
the last to come home,
whose namesake appears in these pages,
who looks forward with her,
and for DUSTIN JOYCE and WENDY,
The woman caught a glimpse of movement through the dusty haze ahead and wondered if it was the wolf she had seen loping in front of them earlier.
She glanced at her companion with a worried frown, then looked for the wolf again, straining to see through the blowing dust.
