Vanishing Acts

Acknowledgments

We could not have written Vanishing Acts without help. Ashley Berman told us everything we needed to know about soccer, and Brian Ostrom helped us understand DNA and blood typing. Any mistakes about these subjects are our fault. Laura Arnold and Rosemary Brosnan, our intrepid editors, improved our original draft immensely, and we appreciate their hard work. We also want to thank Jessica Regel and Jennifer Weltz and everyone else at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. Finally, our deepest thanks to Andy Rome for putting up with Ami, no simple task.

About the Authors

PHILLIP MARGOLIN has written more than a dozen New York Times bestselling mysteries for adults, including GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN; EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE; and WILD JUSTICE. With VANISHING ACTS, he is achieving two firsts—his first book for young readers and his first book writing with his daughter, Ami Margolin Rome.

AMI MARGOLIN ROME is an education policy specialist and former Peace Corps volunteer. Like Madison, Ami grew up in Portland, Oregon, with a criminal defense attorney for a father. She still lives in Portland today, near her father.

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Vanishing Acts

Copyright © 2011 by Phillip Margolin and Ami Margolin Rome

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