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Annie Cardi

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http://anniecardi.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary

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January 2008

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Annie Cardi is the author of Red, which was chosen as Kids’ Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association and The Chance You Won’t Return, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, and was named a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. She has an MFA from Emerson College, and she currently lives with her family and dog in the Boston area.

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Are you going to be making more books?

Annie Cardi I am! I'm currently working on two other contemporary YA novels, and hopefully will have lots more to follow. I'll make sure to update my Goodreads pa…moreI am! I'm currently working on two other contemporary YA novels, and hopefully will have lots more to follow. I'll make sure to update my Goodreads page and my author site (anniecardi.com) with more info as soon as I can share.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Annie Cardi Don't get so caught up on the goal of publishing. Sharing your writing is wonderful, and getting your story in the hands of readers feels awesome, but…moreDon't get so caught up on the goal of publishing. Sharing your writing is wonderful, and getting your story in the hands of readers feels awesome, but there's something major to be said for the time when a story is just yours. When you're discovering the characters and setting, and when you're trying new things and challenging yourself as a writer. The story is truly yours at that point, and, for me, that's when the writing is the most fun. Putting your work out there is so valuable, but so is that moment of creation.(less)

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,520 ratings · 284 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Chance You Won't Return 3.75 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red 4.17 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter White: A Modern Retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2026 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blue Curtains and the Investigation of Meaning

There’s an urban legend about a famous author who goes to visit an English class. (I’ve heard this involving Robert Frost and William Faulkner.) The story goes that the English teacher goes on and on about how the blue curtains represent the character’s sadness and how they’re a metaphor for despair and how they connect with the rest of the novel’s characterizations. Finally the teacher asks the a

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“But there was no other option. People didn’t deal because they rose above; they dealt because there was nothing else they could do.”
― Annie Cardi, The Chance You Won't Return

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“No one knows when or how rescue could come.”
― Annie Cardi, The Chance You Won't Return

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“..the longer you go without talking about something, the harder it is to start, until eventually you don’t know how to.”
― Annie Cardi, The Chance You Won't Return

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