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  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

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