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Acknowledgments

There are so many people I want to thank that I don’t even know where to start. I absolutely couldn’t do this without my fabulous agent, Kristin Nelson, and everyone else at the Nelson Literary Agency, including Sarah Megibow, Lindsay Mergens, and Anita Mumm. I also want to thank the incredible people at Flux: my editors Brian Farrey and Sandy Sullivan, my publicist Marissa Pederson, copywriter Courtney Huber, and amazing cover designer Lisa Novak.

On the personal side, I want to thank my awesome family, who I love very much and who put up with my main character practically living among us; Lynn Flewelling, who looked over an early draft when I had no idea if I was recapping too much or not enough; my cheerleader Beth Dunne and her very cool family; the Girlfriends’ Cyber Circuit, because they’re an amazing group of girls, some of whom started and all of whom have gotten behind the YA Authors Against Bullying movement. Thanks to Guy DuQuesnay, for being one of the first people to listen to me go on and on with an overlong recitation of the plot of my very first, very terrible manuscript and for pimping me in his newsletter, and to Milo Kaciak, who listened as well and would, I’m sure, pimp my books if he had a newsletter. (Right, Milo? Just agree with me, it’s easier.)

I also want to thank my unbelievable authors, who’ve been super and supportive, and every reviewer, blogger, or fan who’s ever had a kind word to say. I appreciate you more than you know.