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On the Fence

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by Kasie West


  As always, this book wouldn’t exist without some very amazing people: Agent Extraordinaire Michelle Wolfson, Editor Supreme Sarah Landis, the ever-awesome Alice Jerman, and the rest of the HarperTeen team. Thank you for all your wisdom, insight, and support.

  Even before making it to the in-box of my editor or agent, I have some brilliant beta readers that help whip it into shape: Stephanie Ryan, Candice Kennington, Jenn Johansson, Renee Collins, Natalie Whipple, Michelle Davidson Argyle, Sara Raasch, Julie Nelson, and Kari Olson. I love these ladies. They are my very closest friends.

  I’d also like to thank some other authors who helped guide me through my debut year: Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman, Megan Shepherd, Erin Bowman, Brandy Colbert, Shannon Messenger, Alexandra Duncan, April Tucholke, and Mindy McGinnis. Thanks for sharing the journey with me.

  And, of course, I wouldn’t be able to write at all if not for the support of my best friend and husband, Jared, and my amazing kids, Hannah, Autumn, Abby, and Donavan. I truly feel so blessed to be their mom. Speaking of moms, mine is amazing. Thanks, Mom, for everything.

  Since this is a book about brothers, I feel the need to personally thank mine for teaching me how awesome (and pesky) brothers can be. I couldn’t have written this book without knowing the bond a girl can share with her brothers. Love you, Jared and Spencer.

  I have the world’s best, most supportive (and very large) family. If I attempt to name them all, I’m sure I will leave someone out and then I will feel guilty for life. So I will just say thanks to my parents-in-law: Vance and Karen (whom I adore); to all my sisters: Heather, Stephanie, Rachel D, Zita, Shar, Rachel B, Angie, and Emily; to the rest of my brothers: Eric, Brian, Jim, Rick, Dave, and Kevin; and to all the kids who go with all these people. I love you all.

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  About the Author

  KASIE WEST lives with her family in central California, where the heat tries to kill her with its 115-degree stretches. She graduated from Fresno State University with a BA degree that has nothing to do with writing. Visit her online at www.kasiewest.com.

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  Credits

  Cover art © 2014 by Elisabeth Ansley/Trevillion Images

  Cover design by Laura Lyn DiSiena

  Copyright

  HarperTeen is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

  On the Fence

  Copyright © 2014 by Kasie West

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  West, Kasie.

  On the fence / Kasie West. — First edition.

  pages cm

  Summary: “Sixteen-year-old Charlie has always been a tomboy, but when she accidentally becomes a makeup model, her newfound femininity draws her into an unknown social world, complete with guy troubles she’s never had before”— Provided by publisher.

  ISBN 978-0-06-223567-1 (pbk. bdg.)

  EPUB Edition APRIL 2014 ISBN 9780062235688

  [1. Self-actualization (Psychology)—Fiction. 2. Sex role—Fiction. 3. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 4. Single-parent families—Fiction. 5. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. 6. Family life—California—Fiction. 7. California—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.W51837On 2014

  2013021358

  [Fic]—dc23

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