The Opposite of Here

by Tara Altebrando

  Thanks again to the design team of Donna Mark, Amanda Bartlett, and Kimi Weart.

  Special shout out to Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

  Huge thanks to Nick, Ellie, and Violet for being such attentive research assistants.

  And a hat tip to the late great Great-Aunt Helen for taking me on my first cruise many moons ago.

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  First published in the United States of America in June 2018 by Bloomsbury YA

  Text copyright © 2018 by Tara Altebrando

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Altebrando, Tara, author.

  Title: The opposite of here / by Tara Altebrando.

  Description: New York : Bloomsbury, 2018.

  Summary: On a seventeenth-birthday cruise with her parents and three friends just months after her boyfriend died, Natalie is surprised to connect with a fellow passenger, who then mysteriously disappears.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2017043770 (print) • LCCN 2017057845 (e-book)

  ISBN 978-1-68119-706-7 (hardcover) • ISBN 978-1-68119-707-4 (e-book)

  Subjects: | CYAC: Cruise ships—Fiction. | Birthdays—Fiction. | Grief—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.

  Classification: LCC PZ7.A46332 Opp 2018 (print) | LCC PZ7.A46332 (e-book) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043770

  ISBN 978-1-68119-937-5 (Aus)

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