For This Life Only (27 page)

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.

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Project Paper Doll: The Hunt

Project Paper Doll: The Trials

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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

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