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Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.

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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
Artist
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Seen
Directions
Small
Crying
Eyes
Fifteen
Morning
Cry
Eye
Girls
Girl
Looked
Puffy
Never
Close
Lena
Like
Hair
Sticking

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