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Copyright © 2023 by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler

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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition February 2023

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Interior design by Bonnie Siegler

Jacket design by Bonnie Siegler, 8point5.com

Jacket photographs: Superman by PLStamps/Alamy Stock Photo; family photo and Marilyn Monroe courtesy of Bonnie Siegler; Statue of Liberty by ericurquhart/Adobe Stock; Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster by Steve Schapiro/Getty Images

Author photographs: Stapinski by Lisa Bauso, Siegler by Ryan Christopher Jones

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.

ISBN 978-1-9821-7166-7

ISBN 978-1-9821-7168-1 (ebook)