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Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her boy-to-English translator into a more mobile form—like maybe a watch or necklace.)

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
Author
Blogger
Novelist
Writer
Oklahoma
United States
Sarah Leigh Fogleman
Form
Note
Liz
Self
Notes
Cryptic
Work
English
Translator
Always
Watches
Necklace
Things
Watch
Necklaces
Like
Boys
Translators
Impossible
Adapt
Maybe
Mobile

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