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'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
Running
Bemused
Caroline
Wings

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