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  <name><![CDATA[Ellen Wittlinger]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Ellen Wittlinger is the critically acclaimed author of the teen novels &lt;i&gt;Heart on My Sleeve, The Long Night of Leo and Bree, Razzle, What's in a Name&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Hard Love&lt;/i&gt; (an American Library Association Michael L. Printz Honor Book, a Lambda Literary Award winner, and a Booklist Editors' Choice). She has a bachelor's degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. A former children's librarian, she lives with her husband in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
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  <title><![CDATA[Blind Faith]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Razzle]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Love &amp; Lies: Marisol's Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ellen Wittlinger]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Long Night of Leo and Bree]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[What's In A Name]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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