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Authors: Jordan Sonnenblick
Special thanks to Susan Shaw, R.N., M.S., P.N.P., and the late Nan S. Songer, M.S., for urging me to tell the story of late effects, for sharing their vast expertise, and most of all, for showing by shining example that in the battle against cancer, fighting IS winning.
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JORDAN SONNENBLICK
is the author of the acclaimed
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie; Notes from the Midnight Driver;
and
Zen and the Art of Faking It
. He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
Notes from the Midnight Driver
Zen and the Art of Faking It
Copyright © 2010 by Jordan Sonnenblick
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sonnenblick, Jordan.
After ever after / by Jordan Sonnenblick. â 1st ed. p. cm.
Summary: Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Steven, who is studying drums in Africa.
[1. Cancer â Fiction. 2. Middle schools â Fiction. 3. Schools â Fiction. 4. Best friends â Fiction. 5. Friendship â Fiction. 6. Family life â New Jersey â Fiction. 7. Brothers â Fiction. 8. New Jersey â Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.S6984Aft 2010 [Fic] â dc22
2009010430
First edition, February 2010
e-ISBN 978-0-545-29278-8
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Cover photo-illustration © 2010 by Marc Tauss
Cover design by Marijka Kostiw