I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thin — Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thin — Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thin — Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thin — Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thin — Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
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I was there laughing and joking with everyone else, but it’s like there was some part of mestanding back, watching, thinking, “Is this as good as it gets?

— Margaret Peterson Haddix, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
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