Above our heads, the silvery imprint of last night’s moon is still stamped on the sky as the sun begins to peek over the horizon. It’s a new day, a new year. I don’t know what the future will bring, but for the first time in a long time, I feel strong enough to face it.
Acknowledgments
All the love and gratitude to my friends and family, and to my amazing agent, Jennifer Laughran. Thank you for putting up with my mood swings and occasional long, ranty, middle-of-the-night emails.
I am lucky to work with a fabulous team at HarperTeen, including Karen Chaplin, Bria Ragin, Rosemary Brosnan, and countless other people who are nice enough to make my books look all shiny and perfect. You are my heroes.
Thanks to my beta-readers: Philip Siegel, Marcy Beller Paul, María Pilar Albárran Ruiz, and Christina Ahn Hickey. Thanks to the Apocalypsies, the YA Valentines, and all the super-awesome book bloggers who manage to balance being supportive with keeping it real. I love you guys.
And as always, thanks to my readers. This is my tenth traditionally published novel and I kind of can’t believe that. Ten books—look what you helped me do! Truly, you are magical.
About the Author
Photo credit TARA KELLY
PAULA STOKES is the author of This Is How It Happened, Girl Against the Universe, Liars, Inc., and The Art of Lainey. In addition to writing, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, and seeking out new adventures in faraway lands. Paula lives in Portland, Oregon. You can find her online at www.authorpaulastokes.com or on Twitter and Instagram @pstokesbooks.
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Books by Paula Stokes
The Art of Lainey
Infinite Repeat (ebook only)
Liars, Inc.
Girl Against the Universe
This Is How It Happened
Hidden Pieces
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HIDDEN PIECES. Copyright © 2018 by Paula Stokes. 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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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stokes, Paula, author.
Title: Hidden pieces / Paula Stokes.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, [2018] | Summary: After saving a man’s life, Embry Woods, seventeen, is considered a hero but someone begins blackmailing her for causing his near-death, forcing her to make choices that endanger her loved ones.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017034544 | ISBN 978-0-06-267362-6 (hardcover)
Subjects: | CYAC: Extortion--Fiction. | Heroes--Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)--Fiction. | Conduct of life--Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.S8752 Hid 2018 | DDC [Fic]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017034544
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Print ISBN: 978-0-06-267362-6
1819202122PC/LSCH10987654321
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