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Nora Raleigh Baskin

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Truth- I started writing seriously in 5th grade. I began with poetry. All I remember about my first poem, was that it had something to do with reincarnation. It was short but startlingly profound (so I thought). But what I remember most was my teacher’s reaction. She loved it. My life was changed. I had discovered the power of words.

By 6th grade I was writing short stories and keeping journals. I read constantly and my early writing was always influenced by what I was reading. At one point I became interested in Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. I wrote a short story, in first person, about a blind and deaf girl struggling to express her thoughts. By high school I had attempted my first short novel, weaving my life into the events of World W...more


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Average rating: 3.74 · 2,790 ratings · 794 reviews · 9 distinct works
Anything But Typical
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,914 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions
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What Every Girl (Except Me)...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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The Summer Before Boys
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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All We Know of Love
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Almost Home
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
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In the Company of Crazies
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Basketball
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005
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“Romance goes like this:
Boy gets girl.
Boy loses girl.
Boy gets girl again.
The end.
It can't be any other way.”
Nora Raleigh Baskin, Anything But Typical

“All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.”
Nora Raleigh Baskin, Anything But Typical

“Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do.
And if you don't—
If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel.
And then they make the assumption—
That you must not feel anything at all. ”
Nora Raleigh Baskin, Anything But Typical

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Nora Raleigh Amanda wrote: "Hey, I just got my copy of The Summer Before Boys in the mail that I won. And, I wanted to say Thank You for autographing it for me. Can't wait to read it:)"

you are very welcome!


Amanda Hey, I just got my copy of The Summer Before Boys in the mail that I won. And, I wanted to say Thank You for autographing it for me. Can't wait to read it:)


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