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Heartfelt thanks to the book's fairy godmothers - Brenda Bowen, Helen Perelave me a ship and let me fly Thank you to Colin Hosten, Elizabeth Clark, and everyone at Hyperion for believing in this book Thanks to Richard Abate, Kate Lee, Josie Freedorio and Karen Kenyon at ICM for their fantastic support

Hugs and kisses to the a at every reading and for always being there for me; Aina, Steve, Nico, and Chito - we are faie, too (especially Nicholas!); Dad J and Mo all those books; John, Anji, Alex, Tim, Rob, Jenn, Val, and the one on the e are family and we can mosh pit, too! Thanks to all the extended fas, the Izumis, and the de la Cruzes

Many thanks to the LA and NY support groups: Tristan Ashby, Jennie Kim, Kim DeMarco, Gabriel Sandoval, Tom Dolby, Tyler Rollins, Jason Lundy, Andy Goffe, Jeff Levin, Peter Ed Meehan, Thad Sheely, Gabby Sheely, Mindy Wilson, Ji Gilbreth, Catherine Hong, Yumi Kobayashi, Peter Sluszka, Ruth Basloe, Andrey Slivka, Alice Carmona, Michael Casey, Karen Robinovitz, Kate Roche, John Fox, Carol Fox, Karlo Pastrovic, Gabriel de Guzubat, Taylor Hsiao, Arisa Chen, Katie Davis, Tina Hay, Diva Gittel, Liz Craft, Adam Fierro, Anna David, MaryClare Williams, Alexandra Jacobs, Nicole Cannon, Ian Kornbluth, Brent Bryan, Nora Gordon, Matthias Kohle, Sara Shandler, Emily Thomas, Jennifer Zatorski, Abby McAden, Allison Dickens, Jared Paul Stern, Lisa Marsh, Andrew Stone, Ben Widdicombe, Norah Lawlor, and Katie Murphy

Thanks also to our little Peapod, ill miss forever

This book is dedicated to my dad, Bert de la Cruz, true blue in every sense of the word, who has heroes' blood in his veins

This book would not exist without the love, support, insight, and intelligence of

The family was not sie, extended set of relations a family was a name, ain Ae, past, present and future"

- Eric Hoer, Mrs Astor's New York

You can't push it underground

You can't stop it screa out

How did it come to this?

You will suck the life out of me

- Muse, "Ti Out"

One hundred and two people arrived on the Mayflower in November of 1620, but less than half lived to see the establishment of the Ply the Mayflower's voyage, life after arrival was extre Ale