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Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen Books

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Wendelin Van Draanen is an American author known for his young adult literature. His works often explore themes of growth, friendship, and family relationships, and are highly appreciated by young readers.

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“It's to have people see her instead of her condition. That's all that anybody with a disability wants. Don't sum up the person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them.”

Respect Life Lesson

Book:The Running Dream

Source: The Running Dream

“One's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life." He was quiet for a minute then dropped the curtain and said, "I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

Character Flipped Bryce Chet

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“—No hay nada como una mujer de cabeza fuerte para hacerte feliz de estar vivo.”

Nostalgia Flipped Abuelo Chester Ducan Pág 141

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Maybe it came from whacking at two-by-fours and dreaming about perpetual motion. I don't know. All I know is that compared to her, Shelly and Miranda seemed so... ordinary. I'd never felt like this before. Ever. And just admitting it to myself instead of hiding from it made me feel strong. Happy. I took off my shoes and socks and stuffed them in the basket. My tie whipped over my shoulder as I ran home barefoot, and realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.”

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm not talking like a hundred-watt bulb; she just had this warmth to her. Maybe it came from climbing that tree. Maybe it came from singing to chickens.”

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“It’s amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation… they’re all there, but only to the person who’s worn the uniform”

Sports Team Athlete Athletics

Book:The Running Dream

Source: The Running Dream

“—Es fácil mirar hacia atrás y ver, y es fácil dar el consejo, pero la triste realidad es que la mayoría de las personas no se muestran como son en realidad hasta que ya es demasiado tarde.”

Flipped Abuelo Chet Chester Ducan Pág 144

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Source: Flipped

“Pero si el caos es un paso necesario en la organización del universo, entonces yo estaba en buen camino.”

Flipped Caos Juli Baker Organización Pág 136

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“El que todavía estaba avergonzado por sostener mi mano dos días antes de entrar a segundo grado. El que todavía era demasiado tímido para decir mucho más que hola. El que todavía estaba caminando por ahí con mi primer beso.”

Flipped Juli Baker Primer Beso Pág 26

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“Él se limitó a sonreír y dijo—: Algunos de nosotros tenemos un acabado mate, otros satinado, otros esmaltado.... —él se volvió hacia mí—. Pero de vez en cuando conoces a alguien que es iridiscente, y cuando ocurre, no hay nada comparable.”

Incomparable Bryce Loski Abuelo Juli Baker Irisdiscente Pág 124

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“Los atardeceres eran increíbles. Algunos días solían ser morados y rosas, otros días era como un abrasador naranja prendiéndole fuego a las nubes en el horizonte. -Juli”

Flipped Atardecer Juli Sicomoro

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Ser sostenida por sobre la tierra y barrida por el viento, dijo, es como si tú corazón fuera besado por la belleza. — Juli Baker”

Magia Periódico áRbol Juli Baker Sicomoro Pág 125 126

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Tiene esta mirada en sus ojos en la que parece que ha traspasado el patio, el vecindario, el mundo. Y mientas sus grandes y callosas manos tocan el lienzo con su pincel, es como si su cuerpo estuviera poseído por alguna gracia espiritual.”

Arte Flipped Pintura Pág 44 Sr Baker

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“—El carácter de uno se forma en una temprana edad, hijo. Las decisiones que tomes ahora te afectarán para el resto de tu vida—Se quedó callado por un momento, luego dejó caer la cortina y dijo—: Odio verte nadar tan lejos que después no puedas regresar.”

Flipped Decisiones Bryce Loski Abuelo Pág 112

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Karakter seseorang terbentuk sejak kecil, Nak. Pilihan yang kau buat hari ini akan memengaruhi hidupmu sampai kapan pun.”

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“¿Rechazaban la oferta de sentir magia por el pequeño miedo de ensuciarse?”

Flipped Magia Juli Pág 50

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“But I wasn't mad or happy. And as I lay in bed trying to read, I realized that upset had been overshadowed by uneasy. I felt as though someone was watching me. I got so spooked I even got up to check out the window and in the closet and under the bed, but the feeling still didn't go away. It took me nearly until midnight to understand what it was. It was me. Watching me.”

Love Spooky Juli

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?”

Feels Littles Turns Chance Magic Dirt

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think Im crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.”

People Thinking Writing Art Stills States Use Morning Crazy Computer Machines Classic Distraction Macs

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.”

Heart Has Beens Said Earth Wind

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes. They're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.”

Knows World Firsts Heart Persons Feelings Eye Moving Fall Force My Heart First Time Connected Invisible Floating Drifting Flipped Swirls Physical Force Drifting Away

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.”

People Life Inspire Compare Flats Flipped Gloss Satin Iridescent

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“One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

Character Age Hate Choices I Hate Swim Rest Of Your Life Choices You Make

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.”

Ifs Way Wells Universe Steps Organization Chaos My Way

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”

Long Running Choices Next Hurt Honor Right Thing Long Runs Next Time It Hurts

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”

Has Beens Done Might Fairs Might Have Been Not Fair

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”

Men Behave Gentleman Expecting

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.”

Looks Eye Hair His Eyes His Smile

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Source: Flipped

“It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!”

Ego Embarrassing Humiliating Slaying

Book:Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things

Source: Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things

“Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.”

World Sometimes Problem My Own Forget Adversity Caught Caught Up

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.”

People Play Seems Kids Artist Backgrounds Assumption Rescue Observing Venus Con Artist Camille

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has).”

Ifs Giving Writing Whole Fiction Materials Tension Arsenal Peachy

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been. What did a kiss feel like, anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn’t be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast, to be sure. Like a wolf and a whippet – only science would put them on the same tree.”

Thinking Feels Has Beens Different Might Night Tree Mom Dad Kissing Species Beast Might Have Been Bedtime Night Thinking

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.”

Knows Kind Sometimes Waiting Gone Forever Middle Lucky Rescue Chasing Kites Middle Of The Road Ornery

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Girls don’t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don’t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they’ve given up and try to lure someone else.”

Trying Running Girl Fighting Given Secret Laughing Hair My Friends Fairs Swim Locked Fists Given Up Snaps Lure Bait Gauges

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.”

Needs Okay Score

Book:Runaway

Source: Runaway

“Blue Face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace”

Faces Cold Taste Blue Disgusting Disgrace

Book:Runaway

Source: Runaway

“(Actually now I’m remembering that the goodbye chow isn’t spelled that way. It’s ciao or something weird like that. It’s Italian, right? But I’m not an Italian gypsy, I’m a hungry gypsy. So spelling it chow makes total sense.)”

Way Remember Hungry Goodbye Italian Gypsy Spelling

Book:Runaway

Source: Runaway

“You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.”

Thinking Wells Book Dies Fire Pages Warm Over It Ironic Get Over Rip Ironic Things

Book:Runaway

Source: Runaway

“I miss school. What’s wrong with me?”

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?”

Thinking Way Problem Solve Oil Upset Motor Ants Pouring Hollies Motor Oil

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“I don’t think you’re aloud to be homeschooled if you don’t have a home.”

Ifs Thinking Home

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.”

Arguing Priests Nun

Book:Runaway

Source: Runaway

“If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.”

Ifs Mind Body Would Be Running Strong Practice Cutting Cold Weak Agree Glad Rainy Windy Not Strong

Book:The Running Dream

Source: The Running Dream

“I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.”

Heart Pain Tears My Heart Legs Compare Wipe

Book:The Running Dream

Source: The Running Dream

“The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.”

Rooms Boys Quiet Hundred Eight Lists I Realized Crush Fifty Grades Bryce Loski

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?”

Asks Left Left Alone

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him”

Needs Years Get Over

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker”

Way Silence Bakers Flipped

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“I had Flipped. -Bryce Loski”

Flipped Bryce Loski

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

About the Author

Born: January 6, 1965
Known for: Author
Quotes: 92

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