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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Facts
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  7. 23 Months After the Funeral
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  50. Postreanimation Day 1
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  62. Day 2
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  74. Day 3
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  81. Day 4
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  86. Quincy
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  88. Jamal
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  94. Day 4
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  98. Day 5
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  106. Day 6
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  113. 14 Days Postreanimation
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  118. Acknowledgments
  119. About the Author
  120. Books by Justin A. Reynolds
  121. Back Ad
  122. About the Publisher

A special shout-out goes to my creative family: Ashley W., Tiffany J., Angie T., Nic S., Dhonielle C., Mark O., Jalissa C., Saraciea F., Patrice C., Kwame M., Dana D., Bri C., and Natasha D.—I can’t begin to thank you all enough for accepting me as I am, showing me the ropes, and making me believe I have the chops to keep pulling this off.

Thank you to my exceptional agent, Beth, for your unwavering confidence, hella jokes, and ridiculous hustle; and to my amazing editor, Ben, for rolling up your sleeves and helping me excavate the best version of these stories.

Thank you to my beyond awesome US publisher, Katherine, and her imprint Katherine Tegen Books, my great UK editor, Rachel, and UK publisher Macmillan, the outstanding cover designer, David, and gifted artist, Stephanie, my stellar publicist, Aubrey, all of the brilliant marketing minds, every diligent assistant (Tanu!), and the entire hardworking, uber-dedicated team. I’m so very fortunate to have each of you by my side on this dream of a journey.

Thank you to the great people at Gallt and Zacker, who are as good of humans as they are agents. The same goes for Gemma and Victoria at Bent; thanks for being the best advocates.

Thank you to the Beoples. To Mojo’s for the best coffee and better vibes. And to Cleveland, my home no matter where I live, for still rocking.

Truly, the list of people deserving of my gratitude is easily longer than this book’s first draft, ha.

So, to YOU I say:

I hope WE live forever, but if not, I want YOU to know I’d travel back in time to save YOU, or dive headfirst into any situation were there the slightest chance to pull YOU out.

Thank YOU for your encouragement, for your kicks-in-the-butt, for the laughs, for the caffeine, for the chocolate, for the supportive texts and savage emails, for rolling your eyes, for your unreserved smile, for loaning me your belief, for bugging me, for reminding me, for your ear, for giving me space, for your honesty, and for your love, always.

YOU are the heartbeat within these pages. I hope you hear it.

All my love,

justin

About the Author

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Courtesy Justin A. Reynolds

JUSTIN A. REYNOLDS has always wanted to be a writer. Opposite of Always, his debut novel, was an Indies Introduce selection and a School Library Journal Best Book, has been translated into seventeen languages, and is being developed for film with Paramount Players. He lives in northeast Ohio with his family. You can find him at www.justinareynolds.com.

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