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I feel like there are stages in many, many people's childhoods when you don't have one good friend. It can happen a lot in sixth and seventh grade because that's when things are changing so quickly. It's like a desperate dash for some kind of acceptable identity, and it can get ugly.

Rebecca Stead

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Rebecca Stead
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 16
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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