Connect the Stars (23 page)
Authors: Marisa de los Santos
PROFOUNDEST THANKS TO: our awesome agent, Jennifer Carlson, who is great when times are great, tough when times are tough, and gracious always;
our spectacular editors, Alice Jerman and Kari Sutherland, who kindly allowed us to wander into the wilderness and skillfully guided us back;
everyone who loves the desert as much as we do, especially James Barnes, Mark Caughey, Susan Davis, Todd Lancaster, Kym Pinder, Erik Ryberg, Kristina de los Santos, Andrew Teague, and Charles Teague;
our avid early readers, Andrew Avila, Annabel Teague, and Julie Heaney;
and finally, David thanks Marisa for seeing the desert so vividly, and Marisa thanks David for showing it to her.
Photo by Leigh Minor
MARISA DE LOS SANTOS
has published three
New York Times
bestselling novels for adults, including
Love Walked In
and
Belong to Me,
while
DAVID TEAGUE
is the author of the picture book
Franklin's Big Dreams
. Together, they are the authors of
Saving Lucas Biggs
and
Connect the Stars
. Married for over twenty years, Marisa and David live with their two children, Charles and Annabel, and their Yorkies, Finn and Huxley, in Wilmington, Delaware.
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CONNECT THE STARS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
De los Santos, Marisa, date, author.
     Connect the stars / by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague. â First edition.
            pages         cm
     Summary: “When thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole”â Provided by publisher.
    ISBN 978-0-06-227465-6 (hardback)
    EPub Edition © September 2015 ISBN 9780062274670
    [1. FriendshipâFiction.  2. AbilityâFiction.  3. CampsâFiction.  4. DesertsâFiction.  5. Wilderness areasâFiction.  6. Mystery and detective stories.]  I. Teague, David, author.  II. Title.
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