Acknowledgments

Thank you to: Alex Glass for always believing in my stories. Amy Cloud for helping me make this one better. Erica Perl, Caroline Hickey, and Tammar Stein for critique and sisterhood. The entire team at Clarion Books for all their hard work turning this story into a book. Julian Barnes and Sasha Barnes for being my allies and advisers—also my husband and son. May Ruthman for being a helpful consultant on mortal middle school—and the coolest niece in the world. Natalia Barnes, my daughter, for her fearless sense of what’s right and teaching me to value myself.