The Summer of Moonlight Secrets (24 page)

Acknowledgments

I'm grateful to many people for helping me bring
The Summer of Moonlight Secrets
to life. First off, thanks to God for letting me write stories for a living; my agent, Ted Malawer, for his advice and encouragement; Joe Alvarado, Jerilyn Meagher, and Billy Meagher for sharing their broken-arm experiences with me; Steve Haworth for describing his snorkeling adventures to me; and special thanks to Alessandra Josephine Furnari for allowing me to use her nickname, Allie Jo.

My family supports and believes in me: Zachary, Matthew, Brooke, Steve, Michelle, Mike, and Mom—I love you!

Emily Easton of Walker Books made a suggestion that broke the story open for me, and Brandon Dorman created a cover illustration that is absolutely beautiful and conveys the pure essence of the book.

Finally, I want to thank Stacy Cantor, my editor at Walker Books. Stacy possesses an uncanny knack for teasing out all the best parts of a story, and I consider it a blessing to work with such a talented editor.

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LSO BY
D
ANETTE
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AWORTH

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning

Copyright © 2010 by Danette Haworth
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

First published in the United States of America in June 2010
by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
E-book edition published in June 2010

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Haworth, Danette.
The summer of moonlight secrets / by Danette Haworth.
p. cm.
Summary: During the summer of 1987, Allie Jo, whose family runs an antebellum Florida hotel, meets Chase, who is staying there with his father, and they become friends when they discover a mysterious teenager hiding on the grounds of the hotel.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-9520-5 • ISBN-10: 0-8027-9520-X

[1. Selkies—Fiction. 2. Hotels, motels, etc.—Fiction. 3. Families—Fiction. 4. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 5. Florida—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.H31365Su 2010      [Fic]—dc22       2009037053

ISBN 978-0-8027-2241-6 (e-book)