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Wendelin Van Draanen is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction.
* She was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1965.
* She is the daughter of two chemists who immigrated from the Netherlands.
* Before she became a full-time writer, she was a high school math teacher and computer science teacher.
* She published her first book, How I Survived Being a Girl, in 1997.
* She has since written over 20 books, including the popular Flipped and The Running Dream series.
* Her books have been translated into over 30 languages and have won numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery.
* She lives in San Luis Obispo, California, with her husband and two sons.

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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

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Inspirational

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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

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Humor

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It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

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Love

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You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

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Inspirational

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Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. " But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

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Life

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The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.