The Rules
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To my goddaughter Hannah W whose cheerleading gave me a boost just when I needed it.
To all those readers, bloggers, booksellers and librarians who’ve kindly told me that they loved The Truth About Lies, thank you. And a special shout-out to supportive librarian extraordinaire Kevin Sheehan and my #BookPenPals at Poynton High School.
Lastly, to Dolf and my boys James and Ally whose enthusiasm for taking me on adventures and wild camping has finally paid off.
Writing books is hard. The Rules wouldn’t have happened without all of you.
Tracy Darnton is an award-winning author of books for children and young people. Her debut novel, The Truth About Lies, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Tracy studied law at Cambridge and worked as a solicitor and law lecturer before enrolling on the Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People, from which she graduated with Distinction. Amber from The Rules first appeared in Tracy’s short story, ‘The Letter’, for which she won the Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize, and was published in the YA anthology I’ll Be Home for Christmas. Tracy lives in Bath with her husband and two sons – and a large Grab-and-Go Bag.
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STRIPES PUBLISHING LIMITED
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First published in Great Britain by Stripes Publishing Limited in 2020
Text copyright © Tracy Darnton, 2020
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Author photograph © Charlie Matters
eISBN: 978–1–78895–291–0
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