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  1. Given
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To my writer’s group and beta readers: Victoria, Katie, Aya, and Justin. Your feedback and insights were invaluable, and this book would not be what it is without you.

To the Wattpad editorial team: thanks for the Wattys! You made me think I might just be good at this writing business. To my editor, Jen, who was right there with me in the trenches gunning for the deadline. To my agent, Marisa, who makes navigating the world of publishing much less intimidating.

To my Wattpad readers: your votes and heartfelt comments brightened dark days and kept me going.

And finally to that intangible, god-given something inside me that must be expressed, and won’t let me quit.

About the Author

Nandi Taylor is a Canadian writer of Caribbean descent based in Toronto. She’s a two-time Watty award winner, and her Wattpad story Given has garnered over one million reads and earned a 2018 Watty award for the Worldbuilders. Nandi grew up devouring sci-fi and fantasy novels, and from a young age wrote books of her own. Her books are an expression of what she always wanted more of growing up—diverse protagonists in speculative settings. Common themes she writes about are growth, courage, and finding one’s place in the world. Given will be published by Wattpad Books in January 2020.

Copyright

Published in Canada by Wattpad Books, a division of Wattpad Corp.

36 Wellington Street E., Toronto, ON M5E 1C7

No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of the copyright holders.

First Wattpad Books edition: January 2020

ISBN 978-1-98936-504-5 (Hardcover original)
ISBN 978-1-98936-505-2 (eBook edition)

Names, characters, places, and incidents featured in this publication are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events, institutions, or locales, without satiric intent, is coincidental.

Wattpad, Wattpad Books, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Wattpad Corp.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication information is available upon request.

Cover design by Suzy Li

Illustration by Te’Shawn Dwyer

Map illustration by Jason Flores-Holz

About the Publisher

About Wattpad Books
Wattpad Books, a division of Wattpad, is the leader in data-backed publishing. Leveraging billions of daily insights from Wattpad’s global community of 80 million book lovers, Wattpad Books combines the best of art and science, using human expertise and story DNA machine learning technology to identify the trends, voices, and stories that are the future of publishing. By elevating the stories of diverse communities around the world, Wattpad Books is creating new space for writers and fans of every genre.

Wattpad Books
A division of Wattpad Corp.
36 Wellington St. E.
Toronto, ON M5E1C7

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