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Public librarian and author of THE NIGHT WE SAID YES, MATT'S STORY (a Night We Said Yes novella), AUTOFOCUS, and THIS TINY PERFECT WORLD, all with HarperTeen / HarperCollins. Fan of dinosaurs and cheesy jokes. And you. ...more

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	The Night We Said Yes (The Night We Said Yes, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 5,477 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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
	Color Outside the Lines by Sangu Mandanna (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anna-Marie McLemore (Goodreads Author), Elsie Chapman 3.81 avg rating — 927 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	Autofocus 3.69 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	Battle of the Bands by Lauren Gibaldi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brittany Cavallaro (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2021 — 10 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
	This Tiny Perfect World 3.45 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	Matt's Story (The Night We Said Yes, #0.5) 3.56 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	Welcome Home by Eric Smith (Goodreads Author), Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Randy Ribay (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2017 — 3 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
	First-Year Orientation by Lauren Gibaldi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2023 — 3 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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First-Year Orientation!

A bit ago, Eric Smith and I sold our second interconnected anthology to Candlewick. Were we excited? YOU BET.

Re-titled FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION, our anthology features various stories about wild adventures from that first day on campus. From moving into their dorm and not being embarrassed by their parents, to attending their first party. From avoiding people they don’t want to see from high sc

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“It was my favorite part of the night - when the evening's events were still unknown and unpredictable. It was the sense of possibility that I loved, the idea that anything could happen next.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

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“I've spent my life on the road, trying to find home, when really, you were always home to me.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

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“Did you ever think of me?"
"Yes, did you ever think of me?"
"All the time.”
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“Do I dare Disturb the universe?”
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“In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.”
― Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot

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“Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.”
― Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape & Embers

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“William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!" That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.”
― Tennessee Williams

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