Get Well Soon (20 page)
Authors: Julie Halpern
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Social Issues, #Depression & Mental Illness, #Love & Romance
Big, giant thanks go out to the following people:
Mom and Dad, who are NOT the parents in this book (per Mom’s request).
My sister, Amy, the bestest sis on Earth.
The rest of my family, near and far, for being so supportive.
My cat, Tobin, who I am pretty sure can read this book.
My students: Eastman, Maisie, Julia, and Samantha, who read my book before it was anything and made me feel like a writer, and to all of my students, past, present, and future, who inspire me and make me laugh every day.
Beth, who read the book on command when I needed her to, and my friends Tracy, Susannah, and Cheryl, for reading and cheering me on.
Metra Rail and Warren-Newport Library, for giving me places to write.
My editor, Liz, for giving me this amazing opportunity and making the revision process fun, regardless of how many random, unbook-related e-mails I have sent her.
And Matt, who gets a dedication
and
an acknowledgment, ’cause he’s my husband and best friend.
and
an acknowledgment, ’cause he’s my husband and best friend.
Thank you for reading this FEIWEL and FRIENDS book.
The FRIENDS who made Get Well Soon possible are:
Jean Feiwel,
Publisher
Liz Szabla,
Editor-in-Chief
Rich Deas,
Creative Director
Elizabeth Usuriello,
Assistant to the Publisher
Dave Barrett,
Managing Editor
Nicole Liebowitz Moulaison,
Production Manager
Publisher
Liz Szabla,
Editor-in-Chief
Rich Deas,
Creative Director
Elizabeth Usuriello,
Assistant to the Publisher
Dave Barrett,
Managing Editor
Nicole Liebowitz Moulaison,
Production Manager
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GET WELL SOON. Copyright © 2007 by Julie Halpern. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Feiwel and Friends, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
A FEIWEL AND FRIENDS Book
An Imprint of Holtzbrinck Publishers
An Imprint of Holtzbrinck Publishers
Book design by Kristina Albertson
eISBN 9781466825956
First eBook Edition : August 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Halpern, Julie,
Get well soon / Julie Halpern.
p. cm.
Get well soon / Julie Halpern.
p. cm.
Summary: When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenage girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend.
ISBN 13: 978-0-312-36795-4 / ISBN 10: 0-312-36795-3
[1. Psychiatric hospitals—Fiction. 2. Mental illness—Fiction.
3. Self-perception—Fiction. 4. Letters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H1666Ge 2007
3. Self-perception—Fiction. 4. Letters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H1666Ge 2007
[Fic]—dc22
2006032358
First Edition: October 2007
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