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For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Laurie Beth Halse
Holes
Condom
Boxes
Swinging
Clouds
Sneakers
Tests
Punch
Broken
Essays
Crayons
High
Cheating
Condoms
Moment
Lunch
Crayon
Moments
Failed
Flakes

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