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  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Part One
  6. One
  7. Two
  8. Three
  9. Four
  10. Five
  11. Six
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Ten
  16. Part Two
  17. Eleven
  18. Twelve
  19. Thirteen
  20. Fourteen
  21. Fifteen
  22. Sixteen
  23. Seventeen
  24. Eighteen
  25. Nineteen
  26. Twenty
  27. Twenty-One
  28. Twenty-Two
  29. Twenty-Three
  30. Twenty-Four
  31. Part Three
  32. Twenty-Five
  33. Twenty-Six
  34. Twenty-Seven
  35. Twenty-Eight
  36. Twenty-Nine
  37. Thirty
  38. Thirty-One
  39. Thirty-Two
  40. Acknowledgments
  41. Excerpt from Survive the Dome
  42. Prologue
  43. 6 Months Later
  44. One
  45. About the Author
  47. Back Cover

So keep this letter close, read it whenever you need, but that’s it. No more jumping to see me, no more sulking, which I know you’re doing. Move on, live your life, and be great.

Because, for the Andre Cobb I know, that shouldn’t be too hard.

I love you, Andre Cobb from Boston. Always and forever,

Michael Gray

PS: That album we listened to the last time you were here? Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane. Give it a listen. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Acknowledgments

There are a lot of people who need to be mentioned in this book, and there is never enough space to do it. So many people who helped Dre (because you read his story, you’re his friend, you can call him that), Michael, and Blake’s story become a reality, people who did small acts of kindness and big ones. If anyone is forgotten, I apologize.

First, I’d like to thank my agent, Jim McCarthy. For answering my million emails, jumping on calls, handling one-off emails and texts in all caps. You’re more than an agent. You’re a friend, a mentor, a therapist, and everything in between. I’m sure I’m trying a new idea for you to approve as you read this.

I also want to make sure to thank Annie Berger, who bought this weird book two years ago, and all I could think to say in my mind was, Wow, I have no idea why she bought this crazy idea! Thank you for working with me on what I would consider my most complicated book, to help me see the truth in the story.

I’d also love to thank Cassie Gutman for taking the time to help take this book over the finish line and Michelle Lecuyer for taking the time to break this book and put it back together. Both of you took this book from meh to amazing, and I am in awe of what you do every day.

I want to thank Beth Oleniczak, who helped get this book in as many hands as possible. And for everyone at Sourcebooks unnamed, you all are truly the real heroes here. Each book you buy, edit, create, and get into the hands of young people? MVPs, y’all are.

In my life, I want to think my boyfriend, Jordan, for spending countless hours plotting, listening to me rant, and helping me through breakthroughs on this and so many other projects. Lana Johnson, Leah Johnson, the boys of the Ferns group chat—Kevin, Ryan, Caleb, Adam—I wouldn’t be sane without you all. Tiffany Jackson—you know what you did, and I appreciate you for it. Booksellers, reviewers, bloggers, champions on Twitter and the internet? Thank you too. And my parents, William and Linda, thank you for creating a space for me to be me.