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The Outsiders.
Rock!
Yeah, man – hey have you heard that she just came out with another novel??
Really? About what? What has she been doing all these years?
I don’t know – but it’s in hard-cover and it was on display in Barnes & Noble – I got so excited!!
I LOVED her books when I was a teenager – still do.
Oh, and I believe it is a book for adults this time, not young teens.
Cool. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it.