Special thanks to Andrea Davis Pinkney and everyone at
Scholastic who helped make this so easy. Extra special thanks
to my editor Anamika Bhatnagar, who read this four million
times and still laughed in all of the right places.
I am very fortunate to have a group of wonderful readers
who help polish my writings. Continued thanks to Joan and
George (Mr. Congressional Gold Medal Award winner!)
Taylor, Mickial Wilson, Kaysandra Curtis,
Harrison Chumley Patrick, Kay Benjamin, Lynn Guest,
Eugene Miller, Teri Lesesne, Terry Fisher,
Janet Brown, Lauren Pankin, Debbie Stratton,
and particularly to my first three,
Pauletta Bracy, Richie Partington, and Steven Curtis.
Thanks to the Buxton National Historic Site
and Museum and Spencer Alexander
for their help with research.
And, as always, eternal thanks
to my parents, Herman and Leslie Curtis.