Also, tremendous thanks to the entire HarperCollins team, especially the two sweet Stephanies: Stephanie Boyar, for championing these books so tirelessly, and Stephanie Guerdan, for being so frickin’ tolerant of my (many!) requests to change things one last time. Stephanie G? You are a goddess to me.
Thanks to Anica Mrose Rissi, of course, for being awesome. Thanks to my agent, Barry Goldblatt, for believing in me more than—cough, cough—sales figures occasionally warrant. Thanks to Bob, the best water-cooler buddy ever, and a special thanks to Ermengarde Lockhart, Sara Zarr, and Tara Altebrando, for cheering me on in our Decemberists Club. And a bonus thanks to Ms. Lockhart, as well as the fabulous Sarah Mlynowski, for chatting with me almost every day and ALWAYS making me smile. ☺
As always, huge thanks to my friends and family. Y’all are the magic in my world.
And Randy, my sweet, strong, brilliant husband. You will always be my wish come true.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Photo by Randy Bartels
LAUREN MYRACLE has written many books for tweens and teens, including the bestselling Winnie Years series and the Flower Power series. She lives with her family in Colorado, and she thinks life is the most magical adventure of all.
www.laurenmyracle.com
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BOOKS BY LAUREN MYRACLE
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Thirteen Plus One
The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life
The Flower Power series
ttyl
ttfn
l8r, g8r
yolo
Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks
Shine
Kissing Kate
The Infinite Moment of Us
Wishing Day
The Forgetting Spell
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943403
Digital Edition APRIL 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-234214-0
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-234212-6
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