Текст книги "After the End "

Автор книги: Amy Plum

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EB ARTICLE FOR EDITOR: “EVERY PUBLISHING house has manufacturing, marketing, and accounts departments, but the heart of the business lies in the editorial function.” Tara Weikum, you have been the heart of my five books. Not only having the vision to imbue them with coherency and life but providing the love needed to make my projects grow.

EB article for agent: “The relationship that exists when one person engages another to act for him—e.g., to do his work, to sell his goods, to manage his business.” Stacey Glick, you are an agent extraordinaire, finding the perfect home for Juneau and her clan.

I will now switch to the E(ncyclopedia) P(lum), since the rest of the clan’s EB collection seems to have been destroyed by brigands.

EP for beta reader: Claudia Depkin. Also known as she-who-has-more-patience-than-the-gods. (Not that they’re renowned for their patience, but you get the idea.) Thank you for having the very first look at everything once again, for asking the right questions, and for prodding me into action.

EP for copyeditors: Valerie Shea and Melinda Weigel. Thank you for correcting the SAME errors book after book, for making sense of my French-addled English, (“This is not a word.”), and for finding the inconsistencies that my ADD brain flings left and right on the page.

EP for assistant editor: Christopher Hernandez, or he-who-always-finds-the-perfect-word. Chris, your suggestions for After the End were spot-on. You ask the right questions and concoct the perfect solutions. Thank you!

EP for mistress-of-the-road-trip: that certain cousin who drives with you from Seattle to Albuquerque just so you can follow your protagonists’ route while taking notes on the flora, fauna, and very strange habitants along the way. Diana, wish we could do one of these every year.

EP for Wereboar Sisterhood: a group of writers who, after sharing a den for a week, discovered they were long-lost pack members. Merci, my sisters-in-taxidermy, for all of the support, love, and Kleenexes.

EP for Hotel Eldorado: a hotel in the Clichy neighborhood of Paris that was the frequent habitation of Amy Plum when she needed a far-away Batcave in which to conceive the ideas behind After the End. Don’t look for the one in Idaho, but if you find it, be extra careful when making private phone calls.

EP for loyal readers: you are the reason my job is fun. Thank you for your enduring support and enthusiasm for my stories.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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AMY PLUM  is the international bestselling author of the Die for Me series. She lives in Paris. You can visit Amy online at www.amyplumbooks.com or on Twitter @AmyPlumOhLaLa.

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COPYRIGHT

HarperTeen is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Plum , Amy

After The End / Amy Plum.– 1st ed.

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summary: She’s searching for answers to her past. They’re hunting her to save their future.World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else might still be out there.At least, this is what Juneau has been told her entire life.When Juneau returns from a hunting trip to discover that everyone in her clan has vanished, she sets off to find them. Leaving the boundaries of their land for the very first time, she learns something horrifying: There never was a war. Cities were never destroyed. The world is intact. Everything was a lie.

ISBN 978-0-06-222560-3