by Ross Welford
Mashie’s jumping up, trying to eat the petals, and I know then that everything’s going to be all right.
Acknowledgments
It is nice for authors to imagine that we are the only ones responsible for producing books, but this is a long way from the truth. I owe thanks to so many people, especially Nick Lake, whose wisdom and tact could be a model for all editors; also Samantha Stewart and Jane Tait for helping this story through its later stages; and countless others—some of whom I never even meet—whose job it is to get this book into your hands.
Thank you.
About the Author
ROSS WELFORD worked as a business journalist before becoming a freelance writer and television producer. His debut novel, Time Traveling with a Hamster, was called “smart, engaging, and heartwarming” in a starred review by Booklist and was named both a New York Public Library and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the year. He is also the author of What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible and The 1,000 Year Old Boy. Ross lives in London.
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