I'm so intrigued by that problem, Katie, that I've requested the book from the library. I wonder if the copy you have is the only one like that or if they'll all like that. I'll let you know what I find out. I did some research online to see if there were any explanations--maybe it was to indicate how a character talks or something--but I couldn't find anything. Maybe in the book there will be an explanation. Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.