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  All around the room, hands shoot up. Including mine.

  Jet points at me. “The girl in the trumpet section. Question or suggestion?”

  “Question.” I say, thinking Hunters Park gazebo would be the perfect place for a spring wedding. “When’s Parents’ Night?”

  Acknowledgments

  Enormous thanks go out to many people: Claudia Gabel, for your early interest and enthusiasm. My darling editor, Stephanie Owens Lurie, at Dutton Children’s Books, your expertise and your passion for this book are staggering. Thank you. Sarah Shumway, Associate Editor at Dutton Children’s Books, for your behind-the-scenes efforts. Iris Tupholme and Lynne Missen at HarperCollinsCanada, for support and guidance on the snowier side of the border.

  The witty and talented Daniel Lazar, my literary agent at Writers House and #1 BFIB. Your wisdom and insight never fail to astonish me. Nice little idea you had, no? Maja Nikolic of Writers House, for working hard to get Zoë a passport. Steve, for laughing first.

  And, finally, my Official Middle-Grade Consultants, Max and Lucas, who hurried home from school every day to find out what on earth Zoë might muddle up next.

  Copyright

  The Invisible Rules of the Zoë Lama

  © 2007 by Tish Cohen.

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