Fox Petty-Squabble’s list of people to write thank you letters to following her quest in Jungledrop:

1. The brilliantly talented and endlessly dynamic team at Simon & Schuster for championing me and my story long before I started championing boglets and brothers, parrots and panthers: Eve Wersocki-Morris, Sarah Macmillan, Dan Fricker, Laura Hough, Rachel Denwood, Stephanie Purcell, Jane Tait, Mara Anastas and, finally, Jane Griffiths and Sarah McCabe – whose editorial prowess helped Abi bring my quest to life
2. Illustrator-extraordinaire, George Ermos, for not making me look too bratty or spoilt or stampy on the front cover
3. Literary agent superstar, Hannah Sheppard, for her unfaltering support of the Unmapped world and her excitement and expertise regarding adventures ahead
4. The wonderful teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents for placing my and Fibber’s quest into the hands of kids all over the globe
5. Abi’s author friends (particularly Piers Torday, Lauren St John, Katherine Rundell, Katie Webber, Mel Taylor, Ross Welford, Abie Longstaff and Perdita Cargill) for their humour and wisdom – wisdom to rival that of the Lofty Husks, I might add…
6. Abi’s family for their love and patience and her husband, Edo, who taught her more about kindness than anyone else in the Faraway – which she then handily passed on to me for the quest
7. Abi’s Coram Beanstalk (past and present) book clubs at Oxford Gardens Primary School – Adil, Tristan, Islam, Munirah, O’Shiannah, Tolmon, Tasneem, Lacey, Khawla, Raphi, Jack, Shyan, Fatima and Mimi – and the Reading Gladiators at Fox Primary School in Notting Hill, for reminding Abi why kids are infinitely more fun than grown-ups and channeling that playfulness into my story
8. Laura and Faith Jackson for naming Jungledrop’s secret cave, Cragheart, so well
9. Toby and Mark Nieman for letting Abi stay a night in the exquisite Elham Treehouse in Kent so that she could imagine what it might be like for me and Fibber sleeping up amongst the trees in Jungledrop (to book a night in their treehouse, visit: www.elhamtreehouse.com)
10. The fabulous Joy Court for giving Iggy Blether such a perfect surname.