Out to Get You

by Josh Allen

  I am deeply indebted to Gary D. Schmidt, a fine writer and an even finer soul, for introducing me to the best agent a new writer could hope for—Rick Margolis. And I am grateful every day for the good people at Holiday House, including my always sensitive and always graceful editor, Sally Morgridge.

  I am beyond thrilled that Sarah J. Coleman’s name is printed next to mine on the cover of this book. Thank you, Sarah, for such beautifully creepy artwork, and thank you for being unafraid of the dark.

  Finally I’m grateful to readers. And to schoolteachers. And to librarians. And to all the children who’ve ever heard a mysterious creak in the night…and wondered.