title: Lottie Moon: A Generous Offering (Heroes for Young Readers)
author:  Renee Meloche 
description: Renee Meloche is the author of the Heroes for Young Readers series, written to inspire children to dream big, stand tall for God, and be a hero. A graduate YWAM's School of Creative Ministries, Renee has worked as a missionary overseas. She served aboard the mercy ship, the Anastasis, where she first dreamed of writing true stories that would encourage children to discover the wonder and joy that awaits them when they live their lives for God.
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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  Mine was the rare good fortune to work with two crack editors on The Vault of
  Dreamers, Nancy Mercado and Katherine Jacobs, and I’m deeply grateful to both.
  Thanks to the
  
  
  team at Roaring Brook Press once again, especially Simon Boughton and Beth
  Clark.
  
  
  I wish to thank my agent, Kirby Kim, who urged me to chase a daunting idea.
  I’m grateful
  
  
  to my sister, Nancy O’Brien Wagner, for her insights on key drafts. I’d like
  to thank
  
  
  William, Emily, and Michael LoTurco, with Lauren Dittmeier and James Moen,
  whose support
  
  
  and honest feedback were pivotal. As ever, I thank my husband, Joseph LoTurco,
  for
  
  
  everything.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Caragh M. O’Brien
  
  
  
  
  
  September 16, 2014
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ALSO BY CARAGH M. O’BRIEN
  
  
  
  
  
  The Birthmarked Trilogy
  
  
  
  
  
  Birthmarked
  
  
  
  
  
  Prized
  
  
  
  
  
  Promised
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  NIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
  I MISSED NIGHT. I had other reasons to disobey, too, like wanting to escape
  the cameras, but most
  
  
  of all, I missed the deep, vacant darkne