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Set in the backdrop of a small Florida town, the story follows a young protagonist on a quest to find a missing person, intertwining personal growth and the mysteries of the past.
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“I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.”
“Ben Starling, you better not have bought your token black friend a racist shirt”
“A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.”
“She had the kind of fingers you want to interlace with your own.”
“The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.”
“My heart is really pounding," I said. "That's how you know you're having fun," Margo said.”
“I’m not up for laughing, but their laughter makes the room feel safer, so we begin to explore.”
“I spy with my little eye a great story.”
“I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”
“She loved mysteries so much that she became one.”
“The true ninja doesn't make a splash at all.”
“I don't know how I look, but I know how I feel: Young. Goofy. Infinite.”
“Life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future.”