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  To my will-not-be-deterred agent, Elana Roth Parker, thank you so very much for seeing something in this book and sticking with it, even though it took more than a few light-years.

  Thank you to Lerner/Carolrhoda, especially my editor, Amy Fitzgerald. Thank you for taking a chance on the PSS 118, and for helping me polish the hull until it shined. (Well, okay, not shined. It is the PSS 118, after all.)

  Serena. This is as good a place as any to thank you for being kind and curious in your unique and extraordinary way. I love you to the moon (to the very last moon).

  And Tali. No one’s read this thing more than you have. No one’s encouraged me more than you have. No one has as seriously, as confidently, and as unsarcastically known all along that I’d eventually be able to thank you in these pages one day. You’re always eyeing some star beyond your reach and I hope Serena learns a thing or two from you about the power of well-placed wanderlust. I know I have.

  About the Author

  Joshua S. Levy was born and raised in Florida. After teaching middle school (yes, including seventh grade) for a little while, he went to law school. He lives with his wife and daughter in New Jersey, where he practices as a lawyer. Unfortunately, outer space doesn’t come up in court nearly as often as he’d like. Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy is his first novel. You can find him online at www.joshuasimonlevy.com and on Twitter @JoshuaSLevy.