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It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. it's so easy. it's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Easy
Clicking
True
Heels
Beautiful
Hidden
Home
Tells
Like
Girls
Along
Secret
Girl
Dorothy

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