Authors: Kim Harrington
Perception (21 page)
Thanks to:
Everyone at Scholastic, but particularly Aimee Friedman, Lauren Felsenstein, and Nikki Mutch.
My agent, Scott Miller.
My family and outlaws.
My parents, Dan and Barbara Harrington.
My friends, both online and off.
Susan Happel Hooplehead Edwards.
Enthusiastic readers, booksellers, librarians, and bloggers.
And every moment of every day … Mike and Ryan.
You all know why.
KIM HARRINGTON is the author of
Clarity
. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. When not writing, she’s most likely reading, watching one of her favorite TV shows, or fantasizing about her next vacation. She has no psychic powers and is cool with that.
Visit her online at www.kimharringtonbooks.com.
Clarity
Perception
Copyright © 2012 by Kim Harrington
All rights reserved. Published by Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.,
Publishers since 1920
.
SCHOLASTIC, POINT
, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harrington, Kim, 1974–
Perception: a Clarity novel / Kim Harrington. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Trying to decide between her old boyfriend, who betrayed her but wants her back, and the new boy with whom there are definite sparks, Cape Cod high school junior and psychic Clare is puzzled by a secret admirer even as she tries to solve the mystery of a classmate who has suddenly disappeared.
ISBN 978-0-545-23053-7
[1. Psychic ability—Fiction. 2. Stalking—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. High schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Cape Cod (Mass.)—Fiction. 7. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.H23817Pe 2012
[Fic]—dc22
2011000550
First edition, March 2012
Jacket art © 2012 by Sarah Howell
Jacket design by Lillie Howard & Elizabeth B. Parisi
e-ISBN 978-0-545-39306-5
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
