Thanks to Jason Pinter - publisher, editor, marketer, and general champion of the misshapes - this book would never have seen the light of day without you. Thanks you for your dedication, passion, kindness, and most of all, patience.

Kudos, hi-fives, and best wishes to the strongest team around: Amy Sprung, Tommy Wallach, Jon Ronson, Abigail McDonald, Katey Parker, Owen King, Lisa Lucas, Rachel Syme, Georg Pedersen, Alex Asher Brown, Chris Watters, Sean Michaels, Dr. Caitlin Crowther, Alexandra Roxo, Rachel Cantor, Isaac Tilton, Daniel Tilton, Jason Diamond, Marisa Meltzer, Joe Coscarelli, Isabel Gardocki, Michele Filgate, and John Scalzi. To my Cabal for the crucial online love and safe space for venting. Stephanie Valdez and the wonderful Community Bookstore, Amanda Bullock and the team at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, and our lovely local Word Bookstore. Additionally, we’d like to thank our parents, siblings, nephews, and nieces for support. Our book has been championed by amazing school librarians across America and we’d like to thank them for their support.

And Broken Lands, for giving us a place to write.