Maya Rock for totally “getting it” and loving this project, sometimes even more than I did.
Krista Marino for her enthusiasm and insight.
Lee Faith for being the love of my life and supporting my writing even when it seemed like a crazy dream, and even when it meant feeding and bathing the kids almost every night.
Ezra and Noel for keeping me sane through rejections and revisions and life in general.
My mom, Vicki Griffin, for teaching me to love to read.
Stephanie Hale and Carmen Rodrigues for being the best critique partners and friends anyone could ask for.
Jamie Sobrato for reading everything, telling me I could do it, and then reading even more.
My Eastside readers—Missy Wood, my number one never-critical reader, as well as Lana Yeary, Kathy Price, Kevin Vachon, Trish Priddy, and Kimberly Thompson.
And finally, each and every one of my students, but especially the eighth graders of 2006–07, many of whom will presumably be my tenth graders when this book is released!
Bethany Griffin is a high school English teacher and an avid reader of teen fiction. She teaches and writes in Kentucky, where she lives with her three cats, her two children, and her husband—the first guy she met who had read more than three of her favorite books. Handcuffs is her first book for young readers.
Published by Delacorte Press
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2008 by Bethany Griffin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Griffin, Bethany.
Handcuffs / Bethany Griffin.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: When sixteen-year-old Parker Prescott
is discovered in a compromising position with her ex-boyfriend,
she is forced to reevaluate her life and redefine herself.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89121-2
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Dating (Social customs)—
Fiction. 3. Coming of age—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.G881327Han 2008
[Fic]—dc22 2007043849
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