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I always say that teenagers are the first to know if you're pandering to them.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Pandering
Teenagers
Teenager
Firsts
First
Always

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