Grenade
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And once again, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone who works behind the scenes at Scholastic to make my books such a success: Ellie Berger, president of Trade Publishing; Tracy van Straaten and Crystal McCoy in Publicity; Mindy Stockfield, Rachel Feld, and Vaishali Nayak in Marketing; Lizette Serrano, Emily Heddleson, Michael Strouse, Matthew Poulter, and Danielle Yadao in Library and School Marketing and Conventions; Aimee’s assistant, Olivia Valcarce; Melissa Schirmer, Cheryl Weisman, Leslie Garych, Catherine Sisco, Joanne Mojica, and everyone in Production; designer Nina Goffi for another fabulous cover and interior layout; map artist Jim McMahon; Jazan Higgins, Stephanie Peitz, Meghann Lucy, Jana Haussmann, Ann Marie Wong, Robin Hoffman, and everyone with the School Channels; Alan Smagler, Elizabeth Whiting, Jackie Rubin, Alexis Lunsford, Nikki Mutch, Sue Flynn, Chris Satterlund, Charlie Young, and everyone in Sales; Lori Benton, John Pels, and Paul Gagne for their amazing work on the Grenade audiobook; and all the sales reps and Fairs and Clubs reps across the country who work so hard to tell the world about my books.
Special thanks to the writers at Bat Cave who heard me talk about this story for years, most especially to my friend and fellow writer Carrie Ryan for her eleventh hour critique that made a world of difference. Thanks as always to my friend Bob. And big thanks to my literary agent Holly Root at Root Literary, and to my publicists and right-hand women Lauren Harr and Caroline Christopoulos at Gold Leaf Literary Services—the work you do allows me to do the work I do. And thanks again to all the teachers, librarians, and booksellers out there who put my books into the hands of young readers—you’re awesome! And last but never least, much love and thanks to my wife, Wendi, and my daughter, Jo.
Alan Gratz is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for young readers, including Refugee, a New York Times Notable Book and an Amazon, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; Projekt 1065, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016; Prisoner B-3087, a Junior Library Guild selection that was named to YALSA’s 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults list; and Code of Honor, a YALSA 2016 Quick Pick. Alan lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. Look for him online at alangratz.com.
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