Sarah Noffke Author Notes
November 25, 2018
Writing this series is good for my twelve-year-old self. It’s been bringing me back to the days of playing Contra with my brother. Lately, in my sleep, I’ve been doing the Konami code. Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, B, A, start. Yes, there are some things that we never forget. Putting in this code, that scored me an extra thirty lives in the game, is like riding a bike for me, you never forget it. Thinking back, I probably should have been putting my energy into learning a musical instrument, but alas that wasn’t as much fun.
My brother and I used to pair up to try and defeat Contra, but even with all the cheating we struggled with the game. So freaking hard.
The amusement park scene in this book was a lot of fun to write. Some of tho
