For interviews or assistance researching the Holocaust, antisemitism, Fort Ontario and the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, or SUNY, thanks to: Professor Christopher Baltus, Reverend George DeMass, Jack and Renee Dygola, Rabbi Cheski Edelman, Rebecca J. Fisher, Professor Emeritus Alan D. Goldberg, Josh Goldberg, Elfi Hendell, Kevin Hill, Elana Kahn, Paul A. Lear, Beth Martinez, Etzion Neuer, Louise Reed, Banna Rubinow, Raizel Schectman, Rabbi Shmaya Shmotkin, Alexa Smith, Dan Smith, the research staff at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm.

Additional interviews:

Sarah Abrams, Erica Cameron, Hal DeLong, Molly Ellner, Liam McLean, Bill Reilly, Claudia Schneider, Amber Scruton, Ava Wales, Blair Wales, Michelle Wichman.

Lifelines and beta readers. Thank you for input and support: Nancy Angulo; Alexis Army; Martina Boone; Shirlee and Barry Doft; Danielle Ellison; Andye Epps; Mary Evers; Amy Fellner Dominy; KayLynn Flanders; Alan S. and Cathy Goldberg; Barbara and Don Goldberg; Kelly Hager; Yitta Halberstam; Laura Harrington; Sydney Hartnett; Ana Jordan; Betsy Kaplan; Benay and Jeff Katz; Sarah Kealy; Clara Kensie; Deborah Lakritz; David and Maureen Luddy; Lizzy Mason; Rachel Muniz; Anuradha Rajurkar; Patricia Riley; Gayle Rosengren; Wendy Scalfaro; Leia, Sebastian, and Rosalie Schaefer; Sheri Schubbe; Rachel Simon; Kathryne Squilla; Marcilia Tartaglia; Payton Thweatt; Steve Waldron; Michelle Walny; Tammara Webber; Barbara Weiss; Sarah Weiss; Lynn Wiese-Sneyd; Nancy Wiese; Heidi Zweifel.

Thank you for your hospitality or for giving me a home away from home to write: Christopher Baltus, Deborah Doft, Nili Doft, Marianne Fons, Alan D. and Dottie Goldberg, Banna Rubinow, Marcy and Moishe Yavor, Write On Door County.

Special shout-outs to Silvia Acevedo, Erin Arkin, Jaime Arkin, Katie Bartow, Sandy Brehl, Mason Carnell, Terri Carnell, Jenny Chou, Phoebe Dyer, Becca Fowler, Daniel Goldin, Cade Holder, Tara Jordan, Hannah McBride, Lisa McCarthy, Dee Paulson, Amy Reale, Jerod Santek, Andi Soule.

Boswell Book Company staff, ChudMates, Delacorte Mavens, Jewish Kidlit Mavens, North Shore Library staff, The River’s End Bookstore staff, SCBWI-Wisconsin.

To the teachers, librarians, students, booksellers, online YA book community, and readers I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in person or online. Your support has meant the world to me. Your time is valuable. I’m grateful you spent some of it with me and my words.

My Doft, Goldberg, Katz, Lahav, Meisel, Pence, Ruminski, Schmidt, Sadan, Shul, Wiemer, Zighelboim family. Last, but never least, thank you to the loves of my life: Jim, Justin and Annabella, Ezra, Bracha, and Mendel.