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Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work, and two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.
It’s so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.
The first boy is always the hardest to get over. It's just the way the world works.
Still, as that year went on, I had trouble trusting that things were really getting better.
Is that what you wanted? That I be gone for good, rather than just mad for a little while?
I don't think you understand how easy it is to make a mistake that will cost you forever.
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