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There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Safe
Levels
Dangerous
Many
Nebulous
Scariest
Outright
Unknown

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