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Authors: Dorian Cirrone
The First Last Day (16 page)
Amy Linn and Lorin Oberweger: Your expert opinions made me aware of things I might never have noticed on my own. My characters and I are grateful.
Julie Arpin, Kathy Macdonald, and Gloria Rothstein: Your willingness along the way to read and critique so many versions and parts of this novel without ever complaining has meant everything to me. I am so lucky to have you as friends.
The Florida SCBWI, and, in particular, Linda Bernfeld: Your support has been invaluable to me as a writer, critiquer, and teacher. I thank you for believing in my work and my abilities.
James Lewis: If it weren't for your taking us to Atlantic City on our visits to New Jersey, this novel would
have been a very different one, indeed. Many thanks for being our chauffeur and guideâeven though I never hit the jackpot.
Nancy Knutson: A conversation about what type of book your school library needed gave me inspiration for parts of this book. Many thanks for that conversation and for your friendship.
Brett Kushner: This book wouldn't have been the same without those weird and wonderful conversations in car pool or your ubiquitous cow costume. Thank you for being so “amoosing.”
My readers, especially those who have reached out to tell me how much my books have meant to them: A story isn't really finished until others read it and make it their own. You have my deep gratitude for “finishing” my books.
Blaise Koncsol: Your love and humor sustain me. Thank you for always helping me find the funny parts in life, and in my writing as well. I would not be the same person if I hadn't had you.
Siena Koncsol: If I'd put in an order for the perfect daughter for me, I couldn't have done better. How fortunate I am to have someone in my life who loves
books as much as I do and who is willing to read everything I write. There are no words strong enough to tell you how much I appreciate you.
Stephen Koncsol: Thank you for supporting and encouraging my writing all these years and for telling me about how you burned down your neighbor's fence. While I'm not condoning such behavior, it was a perfect addition to the novel. If there were such things as do-overs, I'd do everything all over again with you.
DORIAN CIRRONE
worked as a door-to-door survey taker, a dance teacher, a choreographer, a feature writer and assistant city editor for a daily newspaper, and a college writing instructor before finally finding her true passion as a writer for children and teens. She has never been caught in a summer vacation time loop, but because she has lived in south Florida most of her life, sometimes it feels like it. To learn more about Dorian and her other books, short stories, and poems, visit her online at
www.doriancirrone.com
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition June 2016
Text copyright © 2016 by Dorian Cirrone
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cirrone, Dorian, author.
Title: The first last day / by Dorian Cirrone.
Description: First Aladdin hardcover edition. | New York : Aladdin, 2016. |
Summary: Eleven-year-old Haleigh Adams paints a picture with a mysterious set of paints found in her backpack and now she is stuck in a time loop, but when she realizes her parents have been keeping a secret she and her new best friend Kevin must find the source of the magic paints and the secret of the time loop before it is too late.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015028695 | ISBN 9781481458139 (hc) | ISBN 9781481458153 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: TimeâFiction. | MagicâFiction. | FriendshipâFiction. | SecretsâFiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship. | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational. | JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic.
Classification: LCC PZ7.C499 Fi 2016 | DDC [Fic]âdc23
LC record available at
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