Chapters (38)
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Back Cover
Thank you to my editor, Annie Berger, for all of your wisdom and guidance and for shaping this book into something I’m really proud of. Thank you to Cassie Gutman, Lynne Hartzer, and Susan Barnett for polishing this book and making it shine. Thank you to Federica Frenna for her gorgeous illustrations and to Jordan Kost and Danielle McNaughton for the wonderful design. Thanks also to Jackie Douglass, Caitlin Lawler, and the rest of the Sourcebooks team. I can’t think of a better home for Maren!
Thank you to Margot Harrison for reading approximately nine thousand versions of my various books over the years and for being so kind and supportive. Thanks to Jesse Sutanto for always making me laugh and for crawling through the submission trenches with me. Thank you to Marley Teter for your friendship and your whip-smart notes.
Thank you to Addie Thorley, Candace Andersen, Gloria Mendez, and Sam Taylor for reading and giving such excellent feedback on my drafts.
Thank you to Tom Furrier, owner of Cambridge Typewriter, for running the super-cool, travel-back-in-time store that inspired Maren’s dream shop. Readers, if you ever want to catch a whiff of that amazing typewriter smell and admire all the old machines, check this place out!
Thank you to my mother, Lynn, for filling our house with books, for all those trips to the library, and for nurturing a lifelong love of reading. Thank you for always believing in me, for telling me never to give up even when I was sure it was inevitable. This book literally would not exist without you. Thank you to my sister, Alissa, for cheering me on and cheering me up when I get grumpy and stressed. Thank you to my dad, Steve, the original Mr. Alfredo. I’m so sad you never got to see this book published, but you’ve been with me in spirit always.
Thank you to my husband, Ciaran, for always being there for me. For celebrating all the highs with me and hugging me through all the lows. Thank you to my children, Isla and Neil, for being wonderful human beings, for always making me laugh, and for the many fantastic ideas that made their way into this book.
Finally, thank you to my readers! I hope you enjoyed this story.
About the Author
Nicole Lesperance grew up on Cape Cod and graduated from Wesleyan University. She lives near Boston with her husband, two kids, and two rambunctious black cats. She works as a copy editor and writes middle-grade and young adult books. Visit her online at nicolelesperance.com.
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