Many thanks to everyone at Orion Children’s Books, especially Lena McCauley, Thy Bui and Lucy Upton, and at Penguin Random House Canada, Lynne Missen, Kristin Cochrane, Brad Martin and Ashley Dunn. I also want to thank Sarah Heller of the Helen Heller Agency.

Special shout-outs to all the readers, young and some not quite so young, who picked up Chipper’s and Jeff’s first adventure, Chase, and the bookseller and librarians who have helped introduce me to a new audience. You rock.