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Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Teenager
Always
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Thinking
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