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Authors: Stacey Kade

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Suzie Townsend, my tireless and wise agent, thank you. Words cannot express how much I appreciate your calm confidence and expertise. I'm so incredibly grateful to have you as my advocate.

Amy Bland and Kimberly Damitz read early drafts, gave me feedback, and—this was huge—kept my spirits up during revisions. Thank you! I treasure our dinners together.

It takes a whole host of people to keep an author balanced and (mostly) sane. These are the people who feed me, remind me to laugh, make me leave the house occasionally, and still deem me a friend (or a family
member in good standing) even after I've vanished down the rabbit hole for months: my patient husband, Greg Klemstein; my sister, Susan Barnes; my mom, Judy Barnes; Age, Dana, and Quinn Tabion; Ed, Deb, Lauren, and Eric Brown; and Michael, Jess, Grace, and Josh Barnes. My knitting club, particularly our fearless leader, Teagan A. My Starbucks community, especially Connie and Bud, and the baristas, Kiley, Sean, Jake, Caroline, Sharon, and both Sarahs. Thank you so much. I'm so grateful.

For This Life Only
is the seventh young adult novel by
STACEY KADE
, and her most personal. As the daughter of a pastor, she spent innumerable hours reading hymnal dedications, chasing her siblings through the fellowship hall, and playing dots on the back of a bulletin. Stacey's other YA books include the Ghost and the Goth trilogy and the Project Paper Doll series. She lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and two retired racing greyhounds. Find her on Twitter (
@staceykade
), Instagram (
@authorstaceykade
), and her website,
staceykade.com
.

Simon & Schuster • New York

Also by Stacey Kade

Novels for Young Adults

The Ghost and the Goth

Queen of the Dead

Body & Soul

Project Paper Doll: The Rules

Project Paper Doll: The Hunt

Project Paper Doll: The Trials

Novels for Adults

Bitter Pill

738 Days

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kade, Stacey.

Title: For this life only / Stacey Kade.

Description: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016. |

Summary: “A young man struggles to move forward after the death of his twin brother in this contemporary novel about loss, redemption, and love”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015039687| ISBN 9781481432481 (hardback) |

ISBN 9781481432504 (eBook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Death—Fiction. | Grief—Fiction. | Brothers—Fiction. | Twins—Fiction. | Love—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Dating & Sex. |

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Values & Virtues.

Classification: LCC PZ7.K116463 Fo 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at
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