The River of No Return

Cassidy, Margaret Clardy, Lindsay Feldman, George the Germ, Peter Gervickas, Laura Hawley, Gail Hemmeter, Tom Hemmeter, Jen Hill, Jeremy Hornik, Sarah Kavanagh, Deanna Kreisel, Joan Logan, Antonia Losano, Imke Meyer, Michael Moon, Margaret Robison, Jen Roder, Jordana Rosenberg, Mark Rounds, Heidi Schlipphacke, Laurel Schneider, Pat Schneider, Paul Schneider, Peter Schneider, Rebecca Schneider, Rosi Song, Georg Steinmeyer, Ellen Summers, Elizabeth Thomas, Michael Thomas, Sharon Ullman, Lelah Ridgway Vought, Matt Wright, David Young, and Sandy Zagarell.
    To my students, who are ferocious and stubborn and brilliant and the best readers I know—thank you for loving books and for keeping me nimble.
    And to Katie, whose insights and ideas are scattered throughout this novel like acorns.