Amber House: Neverwas (46 page)

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A hand took mine firmly.

“Wake up, Sarah,” he said.

And I did.

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Our deep and sincere thanks to everyone who read and reviewed

Amber House
— your kind enthusiasm carried us through the bat-tle of turning out this second book.

Our continuing thanks to our ever-so-clever agent, Jennifer

Weltz, and her wonderful compatriots at the Jean V. Naggar

Literary Agency: Tara Hart, Laura Biagi, Jessica Regel, and all

the crew. Happy 35th Anniversary!

And our thanks to the person who can never be thanked

enough — the amazing Cheryl Klein, our inestimable editor,

whose clear-sightedness regarding all things literary leaves us

constantly humbled. Our deep gratitude also to our Scholastic

team: Elizabeth Starr Baer, our production editor; Joy Simpkins,

our sharp-eyed copyeditor; Whitney Lyle, our designer; and our

publicist.

Finally, our thanks to our Gramma, Lore Moore, and our

“Boy,” Sinjin Reed, who read and suggest and encourage, end-

lessly. Your turn is next, Boy. Love you.

This book was edited by Cheryl Klein

and designed by Whitney Lyle.

The text was set in Perpetua,

and the display type was set in Phiastos.

The book was printed and bound at R. R. Donnelley

in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

The production was overseen by Starr Baer.

The manufacturing was supervised by Angelique Browne.