Of Giants and Ice (Ever Afters, The) (43 page)
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Authors: Shelby Bach
My family, who supported me and my dream my whole life. You never questioned whether or not it was a good idea to be a writer when I grew up, and I’m old enough now to know how rare that is. (Mom, I know what you’re going to ask, and don’t worry—Rory’s parents aren’t based on mine. You and Dad are awesome.) I love you guys.
S
HELBY
B
ACH
grew up reading every book she could find and writing stories in battered notebooks. She also rarely came home with a clean shirt and had lots of accidents that ended with a hunt for Band-Aids. Nowadays she writes on her laptop rather than in a notebook, but not much else has changed. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is her first book.
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Jacket design by Chloë Foglia
Jacket illustration copyright © 2012 by Cory Loftis
The text for this book is set in Usherwood.
Bach, Shelby.
Of giants and ice / Shelby Bach.—1st ed.
p. cm.— (The ever afters)
Summary: Eleven-year-old Rory, daughter of a famous actress and a famous movie director, finds herself becoming a celebrity in her own right as she helps create a new fairy tale as a participant in the after school program, Ever After School.
ISBN 978-1-4424-3146-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4424-3148-5 (eBook)
[1. Characters in literature—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Fairy tales—Fiction.
4. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 5. Dreams—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B1319Of 2012
[Fic]—dc23
2011029781