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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. One
  4. Two
  5. Three
  6. Four
  7. Five
  8. Six
  9. Seven
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  81. Seventy-Nine
  82. Eighty
  83. Eighty-One
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  85. Eighty-Three
  86. Eighty-Four
  87. Eighty-Five
  88. Author’s Note
  89. Acknowledgments
  90. About the Author
  91. Books by Kelly Yang
  92. Back Ad
  93. About the Publisher

Special thanks to the Orinda Library, where I wrote this book. Those of you who know me know that libraries are dear to my heart. After my assault, I took refuge in the Harvard Law School library. It was the only place on campus where I felt truly safe. My deepest thanks to the librarians all over the nation who provide much needed comfort and safe spaces to patrons—I would not be where I am today without you.

About the Author

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KELLY YANG is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature. She went to college at age thirteen and is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of the Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia and the United States. She is also a columnist for the South China Morning Post and has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Kelly is the mother of three children and splits her time between Hong Kong and San Francisco. Please find her online at www.kellyyang.com. Parachutes is her YA debut.

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