Well! There you have it! I hoped that you enjoyed this, I certainly enjoyed the challenge of writing it! Thank you for not quitting on this book in the middle!

            First of all, I want to thank my amazing and patient teacher, Ms. Essley, for all of the time and effort that she put in to edit this entire book! Thank you so much for all the time that you made despite being the head teacher at a school to work on my little tale! I would have never been able to get through this without you!!!!

            Second, I want to thank Natalya and Kaitlyn for the pictures of the characters and scenery of Nivara! And thanks Natalya for giving me the idea of the name ‘Nivara’ from your last name!!! I can’t express my gratitude enough!!!

            Thirdly, I would like to thank my classmates Jonathan and Isaac for constantly pestering me at lunch and recess till I caved in and let you be in my book. Because of you, Rachel Bare’s younger brothers, Jonathan and Isaac were created! Sorry I didn’t make you very important! I promise you’ll be more important in my next book; I may just give you different names!

            Fourth, thank you to my amazing friends Rose, Sydney, and Lily for all the encouragement that they gave me during the process of the writing of this book! You all gave me so much inspiration for the characteristics of my little group of characters!

            Fifth, thanks Mom and Dad for being understanding when I told you that I needed to work on “my story”! Thank you, Mom, for the additional small edits here and there that make my story stronger! Thank you, Dad, for never letting me be on the computer for very long so that my brain didn’t turn into ‘mush’ ;).

            Sixth, thank you to my two oldest sisters, Isabel and Aislinn for all of the time that you let me explain the plot and language of Nivara and this book! I love you guys SO much. I’m not sure if my brain would have held together if I didn’t get to talk about my story to you on Facetime and on walks in Texas trails!

            And finally. To my ever-faithful companion and dear older sister Mallory, for whom this entire book was written and from whom the inspiration came! Your love (and talent) with music never ceases to amaze me, and I wish I could play like you! Your piano background music kept me focused on the actual world of Nivara! Thank you, dear sister, for listening to me babble on and on about my characters and the story! I hoped you liked it! I love you big sister!