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8cab3fb
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Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average, ordinary, everyday, boring tree. Breathe life into it. Make it bend - trees are flexible, so they don't snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch - perfect trees don't exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.
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tree
speak
young-adult-fiction
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laurie halse anderson |
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73c7653
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A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.
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present
marjorie-bruce
robert-the-bruce
worn
cage
historical-fiction
old
girl
young-adult-fiction
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Jane Yolen |
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e47d43b
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When they're together, the world could fall apart around them and they'd never notice or care as long as they have each other.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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1da8aef
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"Say it again," he says. "That whole drawn-out speech?" I remember something about a solar system, but I'm too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again. He steps closer. "No. The part about you fallin' for me."
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romantic
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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dc40779
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Nick's eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in the Twilight Zone?
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paranormal-fiction
young-adult-fiction
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Sherrilyn Kenyon |
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b223e5f
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"I'm not going anywhere until you hear me out." Oh, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push the button that calls the nurse. a voice bellows through the speaker. "I'm bein' tortured."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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0b0035c
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"Is that your cheap way of telling me you want to kiss me?" He looks into my eyes, his dark gaze capturing mine. " , I always want to kiss you."
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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d6efb10
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There's always time for arguin' when you're a Fuentes.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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65d3c1c
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When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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77adce5
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I realise it's going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I've ever met, wants to kiss me.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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b72918c
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"You can't keep her." I know that. But I'm not ready to give her up just yet."
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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fa9c662
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The percentage of couples who stay together after high school is, like, less than five percent, you guys.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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f36adcf
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"I just read this great quote by Junot Diaz, he was talking about true intimacy, and he was saying that it was the willingness to be vulnerable and to be found out. That's what I felt that YA did. It wasn't pretentious, and it wasn't hiding its heart. It wanted to be found out...
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junot-diaz
vulnerability
young-adult-fiction
ya
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Libba Bray |
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7e56ddf
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"What are you boys doing?" she asks, as if we're still little kids messing around. "Arguin'," Carlos says matter-of-factly."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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68c8fb5
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Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I'm not a pirate, and she's not my captured princess.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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7c1e95d
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She ignores me, so I cup my hands over my mouth and do something I haven't done in years-- barnyard sounds.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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e3acc5f
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"Carlos, are we in complete understanding with each other?" "Yeah," I say. "As long as it's not in your house and you don't know about it, you're okay with us messin' around." "I know you're joking with me. You are joking with me, aren't you?" "Maybe."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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b96e96c
|
"I have trust issues." "I know. I'm on a mission to cure you of that." --
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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e33e1e0
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But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.
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young-adult
young-adult-horror
young-adult-fiction
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Caroline B. Cooney |
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c710e5c
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Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first.
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distopian
young-adult-fiction
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Holly Black |
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a99e313
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"Ben walks in the room and asks, "What were you guys doing?" Nikki says "Nothing" at the same time I say, "Your sister and I were just makin' out."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
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Simone Elkeles |
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9d0b84d
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"Luis is right there." I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn't as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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5036b15
|
I like that girl more than I can remember likin' anything in my life. I'm not about to give her up. I'll start carin' about what other people think when I'm six feet under.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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517e77a
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"Sylvia grabs my sleeve. "He's a looker." "I know. The problem is, he knows it, too."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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7211d13
|
"Whoa, who was that?" "Madison Stone," Kiara mutters. "Introduce me to her." "Why?" Because I know it'll annoy the shit out of you."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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f332414
|
I'll always love you, no matter what happens, okay?
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|
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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ff21a98
|
"Listen, I don't know what the hell happened between you and Marco. To be honest I don't really want to know, 'cause if I did I'd probably want to kick the shit outta him." "I don't need you to protect me." "What if I want to?" --
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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d082e2e
|
"I have to protect you," he says softly."
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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d41094d
|
A text pops up on the screen. It's from Luis. I can't help but grin when I read his perfectly thought-out message.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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81e6e29
|
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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6286f53
|
Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don't trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield.
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young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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d6665b1
|
"You look like a hot tamale." "That's not really a compliment."
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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9c5e84f
|
Listen, I didn't ask for a face and body girls find attractive. But thanks to the mixture of my parents' DNA, I've got them, and I'm not ashamed to use 'em.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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570aed6
|
"Just try it," he murmurs, reaching over to cover my hand gently. And I think, Whoa, that's never happened before! Then: Is he just doing that because he thinks Wyatt is interested? And, finally, this: Who the hell cares?!"
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vampire-romance
zombies
young-adult-fiction
|
Rusty Fischer |
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56b51c4
|
"What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan." "I suspect I am a hooligan."
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|
humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
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eb5b7a6
|
I'd love to be a tabletop in Paris, where food is art and life combined in one, where people gather and talk for hours. I want lovers to meet over me. I'd want to be covered in drops of candle wax and breadcrumbs and rings from the bottom of wineglasses. I would never be lonely, and I would always serve a good purpose.
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|
young-adult
travel
travel-quotes
young-adult-series
young-adult-romance
travel-writing
young-adult-fiction
france
paris
parisians
|
Maureen Johnson |
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49d1ff1
|
"Quinn spoke their language--all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him--in his element and completely happy. When they started playing, he leaned over and whispered in my ear. "See that guitar?" I nodded. "That's a 1969 Martin D28. Hear me when I say if I had to choose between a beautiful girl and that guitar, I'd choose the guitar. Natch." He took a huge gulp of water, clearly affected. "Naturally," I whispered. "It could be why you're still single."
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|
romance
music
love
glass-girl
henry-whitmire
indie-band
laura-anderson-kurk
martin-guitar
meg-kavanagh
perfect-glass
quinn-o-neill
rock-band
teen-fiction
teen-literature
long-distance-relationship
guitar
young-adult-fiction
ya
|
Laura Anderson Kurk |
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cb2b4a2
|
cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder.
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humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
|
f233e29
|
The Professor doesn't have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I'd go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I'd even settle for being called Chard.
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|
humour
romance
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
|
7357952
|
Why don't you check out those teenagers in the middle row? They've been going at it like dogs in heat ever since the previews. They're probably both werewolves. And even if they aren't, you should throw them out on principle alone.
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werewolves
zombies
young-adult-fiction
ya
vampires
|
Rusty Fischer |
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381ac0c
|
I'm beginning to think that if you're going to have a role model you should probably pick someone who's already dead so they can't disappoint you.
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|
young-adult-fiction
|
Dyan Sheldon |
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a779434
|
"Nikki looks at me, confused. "What's wrong?" "Nothin'."
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|
young-adult-romance
young-adult-fiction
|
Simone Elkeles |
|
fb557f2
|
"You're mistaking love for perfection," I said. "Real love when it's there? It's just "
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|
marisha-pessl
neverworld-wake
young-adult-fiction
|
Marisha Pessl |
|
3acc391
|
With every fall of the sun and rise of the moon, I can hear it. The Prophecy. It echoes through the halls of time. It is written on the surface of every star. Even the sun and moon cannot withhold the news of the second coming. I hear it. And I fear it.
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|
young-adult
light
fiction
moon
epic-fantasy
sun
fantasy-fiction
young-adult-fiction
novel
|
Brian A. McBride |