About the Author
Courtesy Kim Ventrella
KIM VENTRELLA is the author of the middle grade novels Hello, Future Me; Bone Hollow; and Skeleton Tree, and she is a contributor to the anthology Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Her works explore difficult topics with big doses of humor, whimsy, and hope. Kim has held a variety of interesting jobs, including children’s librarian, scare actor, Peace Corps volunteer, and French instructor, but her favorite job title is author. She lives in Oklahoma City with her dog and cowriter, Hera. Find out more at www.kimventrella.com.
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THE SECRET LIFE OF SAM. Copyright © 2020 by Kim Ventrella. 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.
Cover art © 2020 by Brandon Dorman
Cover design by Chris Kwon
Names: Ventrella, Kim, author.
Title: The Secret Life of Sam / Kim Ventrella.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2020] | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: After his father’s death, seventh-grader Sam West is whisked from Louisiana to Oklahoma, where he discovers a mysterious tree trunk that leads to a world where Pa is still alive.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020000846 | ISBN 9780062941183 (hardcover)
Subjects: CYAC: Fathers and sons--Fiction. | Supernatural--Fiction. | Aunts--Fiction. | Friendship--Fiction. | Death--Fiction. | Orphans--Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.V443 Sec 2020 | DDC [Fic]--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000846
Digital Edition SEPTEMBER 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-294121-3
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-294118-3
Art by Brandon Dorman
2021222324PC/LSCH10987654321
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