"Operation Alone At Last"!"

I'm standing

near the children

watching them swarm

over the jungle gym,

remembering vaguely what it was like to be six.

I'm stealing a glance at Dylan

as he ducks through the hole

in the chainlink fence

and disappears

into the sheltering darkness

of the woods.

I'm waiting,

just as we planned,

for my slow motion tick off

three

full

minutes.

I'm sliding over

and sneaking through the same hole

into the shadows,

into the warm flanneled arms

of my partner

in delicious crime.

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This book is a young adult book written in poetic form of a teenage girl and her social life. I like this book becouse i can kind of relate in someways ,and i think every teenage girl should read it and see how they can relate wether its the first break-up, first love, or first kiss. Sonya captures everything that goes on in a teen girls thoughts and i really enjoyed reading this book.

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• winner of the Iowa Teen Book Award (2005 -2006)
• named by the American Library Association as one of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of
• 2004 and of 2005
  
• Michigan Thumbs Up Award Honor Book (2002)
  
• unanimously chosen an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2002)
  
• unanimously chosen an American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (2002)
  
• named an International Reading Association Young Adults' Choice (2003)
  
• named a Booklist Editor's Choice (2001)
  
• voted a VOYA Top Shelf for Middle School Readers (2003)