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Flipped, By Wendelin Van Draanen
Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen is a book about a young boy name Bryce Loski moving into a small town and in the process of moving, he meets a young girl named Juli Baker. Juli had two brothers who looked like twins, a dad and a mother, and an Uncle that had disorders. Juli lives across the street from Bryce and she felt like it was love at first sight and she kept gazing into his beautiful, dazzling, blue eyes. Juli went crazy for Bryce, she followed him around at school and went to his house all the time to hang out with Bryce. However, Bryce did not like this and he wanted Juli out of his life forever. He did everything he could to avoid her. He got a girlfriend and he hid in his bathroom to escape from Juli and her love trance. Every morning
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