Katherine Tegen, Tanu Srivastava, and the broader Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins family: you’ve been such a welcoming home. I’m lucky to be publishing this novel with you.
Sarah Maxwell gobsmacked us by illustrating a cover that brought more intensity—and more handsomeness—than I had dared hope for. Thank you. Everyone should go check out her art.
My editor, Ben Rosenthal: when I proposed this weirdo, hard-to-edit book, you never blinked once. Instead you just leaned forward and said “go on.” You’re such a source of wisdom and support.
Hearty thanks to copy editors everywhere, and especially Laura Harshberger, who was in charge of this book. Sorry about all the aspirin.
About the Author
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ELIOT SCHREFER is a New York Times bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, and has won the Green Earth Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children’s Literature. His novels include the Lost Rainforest series, Endangered, Threatened, Rescued, Orphaned, and two books in the Spirit Animals series. He lives in New York City, is on the faculty of the Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in creative writing programs, and reviews books for USA Today. Visit him online at www.eliotschrefer.com.
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Books by Eliot Schrefer
The Lost Rainforest #1: Mez’s Magic
The Lost Rainforest #2: Gogi’s Gambit
The Lost Rainforest #3: Rumi’s Riddle
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The Animal Rescue Agency #2: Case File: Pangolin Pop Star
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THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US. Copyright © 2021 by Eliot Schrefer. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Digital Edition JUNE 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-288825-9
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-288828-0
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