Evelyn Skye and Jeanne Schriel, thank you for your thoughtful and immensely helpful reading and advice.
I’m grateful to Askar Kukkady, pediatric surgeon in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, who generously took the time to answer my hypothetical questions about separation surgery on pygopagus twins; any errors in the novel, however, are very much my own.
Thanks to my fellow debut authors at the Sweet Sixteens for being such a supportive and helpful community. And to the sisterhood of Sixteen to Read: Thanks for your company on this wild and crazy road trip. It would not be the same without you.
To my parents, Rob and Vicky Martinez, thank you for all the books, blank journals, and pens, for always encouraging me to choose my own adventure, and for the kind of love that has made you treat even my failed jokes like frameable art.
Tierra Martinez Crothers and Zak Martinez, you’ll always be part of who I am. Thanks for being among the best parts.
Pratap Mukherjee, thank you for supporting me in every possible way as I’ve pursued this dream, and thank you for making just about all of my other dreams come true. I can’t wait to find out what we’ll dream up together next.
Finally, Drew and Maya Mukherjee, thank you for bringing a whole new dimension to my universe. Everything in this world means more to me because you’re in it.
Sonya Mukherjee grew up in rural California sitting in trees, reading books, and writing stories in her head. She studied English and creative writing at Stanford and San Francisco State University, and went on to work as an editor for a variety of book publishers, magazines, and websites, from the Future of Children to Dirt Rider. Now she lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she spends her time sitting in coffee shops, reading books, and writing stories on her laptop. Gemini is her first novel. Follow her on Twitter @sonyamukherjee.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mukherjee, Sonya, author.
Title: Gemini / Sonya Mukherjee.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] | Summary: In a small town, as high school graduation approaches, two conjoined sisters must weigh the importance of their dreams as individuals against the risk inherent in the surgery that has the potential to separate them forever.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015019774|
ISBN 9781481456777 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481456791 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Conjoined twins—Fiction. | Twins—Fiction. | Sisters—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M82 Ge 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015019774
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