Time for another Scouts adventure!
AUTHOR’S NOTE
I grew up in East Tennessee with family and friends who made my childhood amazing. Every day was an adventure… and if there wasn’t something to explore, we invented it!
All around us were mountains, valleys, woods, creeks, whitewater rapids, caves, and the occasional wild animal. There was also the lore of the land, like the ongoing rumor of the clan who lived deep in the forest and captured kids. (Of course, this wasn’t a real thing!) In Scouts, Annie and her friends embark on a grand escapade in which they encounter many of the same things I did as a child, including the cave, the rapids, the silo, lighting carpet on fire, the old farmer with the shotgun, and so much more.
I have a deep love and respect for the south and am so blessed to have grown up there. I hope you got a thrill out of this story as much as I enjoyed writing it and reliving my whimsical childhood.
XO,
Shannon
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To my lovely and energetic agent, Gemma Cooper, who fell in love with Annie’s voice within the first paragraph of reading her. Thank you, Gemma, for encouraging me to write Annie’s story and for working so hard to bring her to life!
To my amazing and hardworking team at JIMMY Patterson Books: Jenny Bak, Sasha Henriques, Tracy Shaw, Linda Arends, Sabrina Benun, Erinn McGrath, and Julie Guacci. You have made this such a fun and rewarding experience for me!
And to James Patterson, who wrote the foreword to Scouts: It is a true honor to have support from such a talented and successful author!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SHANNON GREENLAND grew up in Tennessee, where she dreaded all things reading and writing. She didn’t even read her first book for enjoyment until she was twenty-five. After that, she was hooked! When she’s not writing, she works as an adjunct math professor and lives on the coast in Florida with her very grouchy dog.
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