In the acknowl­edg­ments sec­tion of the book, the author express­es heart­felt grat­i­tude and appre­ci­a­tion to var­i­ous indi­vid­u­als who have played sig­nif­i­cant roles in their jour­ney. The author thanks Rick and Shirley for being a safe har­bor dur­ing chal­leng­ing times and Michelle for the sup­port pro­vid­ed through the shar­ing of books, lis­ten­ing, and even enjoy­ing scal­lion pan­cakes togeth­er. Sean is rec­og­nized for his con­stant encour­age­ment in read­ing and writ­ing, along with remind­ing the author to focus on the lit­tle details in life.

The author’s grat­i­tude extends to Lau­ri Hornik and Regi­na Castil­lo, along with the Dial/Puffin design team and the out­stand­ing team at Pen­guin Young Read­ers Group. Spe­cial thanks are also giv­en to Deb­o­rah Kovacs and Micheal Fla­her­ty, along­side the tal­ent­ed group at Walden Media. The author applauds Bran­don Dor­man for his artistry, notably his vibrant illus­tra­tions that depict storms of col­or through­out the work.

Fur­ther acknowl­edg­ments include Sarah Hugh­es at Puf­fin in the U.K., and the many edi­tors glob­al­ly who have embraced the author’s work, specif­i­cal­ly high­light­ing Maja Nikolic and Ele­na San­to­gade at Writ­ers House. The author express­es appre­ci­a­tion to Kassie Eva­shevs­ki at UTA for her con­tri­bu­tions on the West Coast.

Last­ly, the author con­veys pro­found appre­ci­a­tion to their agent, Daniel Lazar at Writ­ers House, whose unwa­ver­ing sup­port and ded­i­ca­tion seem to defy sleep, along with edi­tor Alisha Niehaus, not­ed for her per­fect bal­ance of encour­age­ment and moti­va­tion, ensur­ing the author’s jour­ney is both sup­port­ed and pushed for­ward. This sec­tion serves as a tes­ta­ment to the col­lab­o­ra­tive effort and emo­tion­al sup­port that under­scores the author’s cre­ative process.