Sketchy Behavior (19 page)

To my parents — Doug and Susan Mangum, thank you for loving me, raising me, and giving me the gift of a crazy imagination. I’ve always loved you, but I never appreciated you fully until we had Nathan! Thank you for everything you’ve done for me!

To my family — Bryant, Caleb, and Cayce Mangum; Greg, Connie, Allen, Vicky, Tommy, and Ashlee O’Brien: thank you for the laughs, the prayers, and for encouraging me. I am so blessed to have you as my family. I love you all!

To my friends — Clint and Leigh Ann Trebesh, Eitan and Kaitlin Bar, Mario and Elisa Martinez, Greg and Jen Fulkerson, Barb Walker, Shannon Kay, and my wonderful friends at Mars Hill ABQ — thank you for being such an incredible blessing in my life!

To the friends I’ve made at Zondervan, particularly Jacque Alberta — thank you! My agent, Steve Laube — thanks for helping me find a home for this novel.

Finally, to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ — may everything I write be a way to draw closer and closer to You.

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Sketchy Behavior
Copyright © 2011 by Erynn Mangum O’Brien

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Mangum, Erynn, 1985–

Sketchy behavior / Erynn Mangum.

p. cm.

Summary: As part of an art class assignment, high school junior Kate unwittingly sketches a wanted murderer, propelling her into instant celebrity and extreme danger while her parents fret and police provide constant protection.

ISBN 978-0-310-72144-4 (softcover)

1. Murder — Fiction. 2. Artists — Fiction. 3. Police — Fiction. 4. Celebrities — Fiction. 5. High schools — Fiction. 6. Schools — Fiction. 7. Family life — Missouri — Fiction. 8. Missouri — Fiction. I. Title.

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