The following people won the grand prize in my school competitions and have had a character named after them in this book:
Emile Attaya
Point View School, Auckland, New Zealand
Retha Barnard
Albany Junior High School, Auckland, New Zealand
Daniel Bilal
Woodcrest State College, Queensland, Australia
Gabrielle Bowden
Hebron Christian College, Auckland, New Zealand
Holly Brogan
St. Cuthbert’s College, Auckland, New Zealand
Ryan Chisnall
Belmont Intermediate School, Auckland, New Zealand
Courtney Fox
St. Peter’s School, Cambridge, New Zealand
Emily Gonzales
Santa Gertrudis School, Kingsville, USA
Lynette Hooper
Ipswich West State School, West Ipswich, Australia
Elisabeth Iniguez
Vista Del Valle Elementary School, Los Angeles, USA
Janos Panyoczki
Kaiwaka School, Kaiwaka, New Zealand
Trianne Price
Woodcrest State College, Queensland, Australia
Jake Russell
Santa Gertrudis School, Kingsville, USA
Hayden Wall
Padua College, Queensland, Australia
Harry Whitehead
Waimea College, Richmond, New Zealand
Blake Wilton
Orewa College, Orewa, New Zealand
Also to:
Jaylen Gerrand and Kamaljeet Hundal