Dragonlinks
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I first read this when I was 14 or 15. I loved it then, but I feel like I love it even more now - now I can connect with the characters, because I've been there. I remember the anxiety of growing up and starting the next stage of life. It was weird, brilliant, stressful, fun... so many contradictions.
McCarthy...
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| ISBN | 0759320292 |
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| ISBN | 0734400071 |
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| ISBN | 0330271466 |
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