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Authors: Ann Redisch Stampler

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Finally, Evan, rescue dog extraordinaire, thank you for reforming and not actually eating any significant pieces of paper, note cards, or paper clips involved in the creation of this book.

ANN REDISCH STAMPLER
is also the author of
Where It Began
as well as several picture books, including
The Rooster Prince of Breslov
. Her books have been an Aesop Accolade winner, Sydney Taylor Honor and Notable books, a National Jewish Book Awards finalist and winner, and Bank Street Best Books of the Year. Ann lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Rick.

Author photograph by Sonya Sones

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Text copyright © 2014 by Ann Redisch Stampler

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stampler, Ann Redisch.

Afterparty / Ann Redisch Stampler. — First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.

p. cm.

Summary: Tired of always being the good girl, Emma forms a friendship with fun and alluring Siobhan. But Siobhan’s dangerous lifestyle becomes more than Emma can handle.

ISBN 978-1-4424-2324-4

[1. Conduct of life—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Peer pressure—Fiction.

4. High schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Single-parent families—Fiction.

7. Los Angeles (Calif.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S78614Aft 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2013029008

ISBN 978-1-4424-2326-8 (eBook)

Contents

Part One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Part Two

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Part Three

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Three

Chapter Fifty-Four

Chapter Fifty-Five

Chapter Fifty-Six

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Chapter Sixty

Chapter Sixty-One

Chapter Sixty-Two

Chapter Sixty-Three

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

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