The Light in Hidden Places

by Sharon Cameron

  Kelly Sonnack, my agent. You have my back. Always. It is such a privilege to call you agent and friend.

  Lisa Sandell, my editor. We make good books together, don’t we? It is such a privilege to call you editor and friend.

  Really, I don’t know what I did to deserve the pair of you! But I know when I am blessed. Love to you both.

  Scholastic Press. For six books now, you have felt like my team and my family. David Levithan, Olivia Valcarce, Josh Berlowitz, Ellie Berger, Rachel Feld, Shannon Pender, Erin Berger, Lauren Donovan, Amy Goppert, Lizette Serrano, Emily Heddleson, Jasmine Miranda, Danielle Yadao, Matt Poulter, Lori Benton, John Pels, the sales team, and everyone in Book Fairs and Book Clubs.

  My critique group of more than a dozen years now. Ruta Sepetys, Howard Shirley, Amy Eytchison, and Angelika Stegmann. There is no one like you. How dear you all are to me!

  And last but never least, my family. Philip, Chris and Siobhan, Stephen, and Elizabeth. I love you more than can be said in the back of a book. And, Philip, you win the good egg award yet again. You are the love of my life and my very best friend. Thank you for all of it.

  SHARON CAMERON’s debut novel, The Dark Unwinding, was awarded the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Sue Alexander Award for Most Promising New Work and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and was named an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. Sharon is also the author of its sequel, A Spark Unseen; Rook, which was selected as an IndieBound Indie Next Top Ten Pick of the List; The Forgetting, a #1 New York Times bestseller and an IndieBound Indie Next List selection; and its companion, The Knowing.

  She lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee, and you can follow her on Twitter at @SharonCameronE or visit her website at sharoncameronbooks.com.

  Also by Sharon Cameron

  THE FORGETTING

  THE KNOWING

  ROOK

  THE DARK UNWINDING

  A SPARK UNSEEN

  Copyright © 2020 by Sharon Cameron

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  While inspired by real events and historical characters, this is a work of historical fiction. The author has tried to be accurate in portraying people, places, and events, but some elements have been fictionalized by the author. Some names have been changed for the sake of privacy.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available

  First edition, March 2020

  Author photo by Rusty Russell

  Jacket photo-illustration © 2020 by Larry Rostant, with supporting imagery © Elisabeth Lhomelet/Getty Images and Binkski/Shutterstock

  Jacket design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

  e-ISBN 978-1-338-35595-6

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