ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This, my sophomore novel for a younger audience, has been a labor of love. To all those involved in its creation and production, I thank you. To all my agents, especially Pippa, Steph, and Josh, you have been a big help in so many ways.
My thanks also to the superb team at Hachette for first bringing this book to readers. This book would not have been half as good if it were not for the patient enthusiasm and expertise of my editors, Jon Appleton and Kate Stevens, who, with Sam Smith half a world away in London, have brought the best out of a bleak story.
Thanks to my readers in Matilda, Emily, and Sam, and all those who sent me e-mails and feedback on
Alone 1: Chasers
. Again, thanks to my three families: Beasley, Phelan, and Wallace. Nicole, without you, thisâand all my novelsâwould have been too dark to bare to others; thanks for showing me what really counts and for lighting my world.
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ISBN: 978-0-7582-8068-8