Acknowledgements:
First of all, I would like to thank people I did not thank for my first book and subsequent books. Thank you to my mother, who edited The Heart Grows Stronger and The Incident for free. Thank you also the man who worked at the Chamber of Commerce in Enumclaw, Washington, upon which the fictional town of Mapleview is based. He told me he did not like lawyers. I would also like to thank my English teachers, who wouldn’t be so upset that I have included a few clichés and grammatical errors. Thank you also to my family, who supported me. I will always appreciate it.