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Maureen Johnson (born February 16, 1973) is an American author of young adult fiction. She has published ten young adult novels to date, including the Shades of London series and the Suite Scarlett series.

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These houses had been plunked down with an alarming randomness -- unevenly spaced, on crooked lines, like whoever had designed the place had said, "We'll just follow this cat, and wherever he sits down, we'll build something.

Cat, House, Like, Lines, Said, Sits

What tinfoil?" he asked.

Asked, Tinfoil

I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa.

Feels, Like, Santa, Warm

She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's the approximate level of pressure. )

Bunny, Crush, Levels, Mighty, Parent, Pressure

Stuart, who had just witnessed me go through an entire rainbow of emotions and experiences. There was parents-have-just-been-jailed me, stuck-in-a-strange-town me, insane-and-can't-shut-up me, kind-of-snarky-to-the-strange-guy-trying-to-be-helpful me, breakup me, and the extremely popular jump-on-top-of-you-unexpectedly me.

Breakup, Emotions, Guy, Popular, Rainbow, Witnessed

I envisioned huge piles of the Elf Hotel flying off the belt, taking down everybody in sight. I had seen pictures of that Elf Hotel - it had sharp candy-cane spires that could easily impale someone. If anyone was ever going to be killed by an Elf Hotel, it would be my parents.

Flying, Huge, Parent, Pictures, Sight, Spires

She couldn't take her eyes off the boxers. Mostly, she had a view of the back, but he turned halfway when he looked over. She commanded herself not to look at the front flap, which, of course, was exactly what she honed in on. He spit and put his mouth under the tap to get some water. All while just wearing underwear. All while she just stared at the crucial spot of the Action Pants.

Crucial, Eye, Flap, Take, Views, Water

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.

Glasses, Hanging, Lambs, Lions, Slaughter, Window

My final word: don't follow your dreams. . . chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream!

Dream, Finals, Follow, Handy, Shovel, Sticks

Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once I tasted it, though, it seemed just the right size.

Burglar, Cake, Mean, Potters, Seemed, Tasted

Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like "tangentially Swedish" is not the best way to go.

Campaign, Campaigns, Convince, Meals, Phrases, Stranger

Sometimes artist like to catch themselves looking out, let the world see them for once. It's a signature. This one is a very bold one. But this is also a witnessing. We want to remember, and we want to be remembered. That's why we paint.

Artist, Bold, Like, Signatures, World

Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

Brooks, Cat, Lecturing, Useful

Did I just kill someone?" "You can't kill a dead person," Callum said. "Makes no sense.

Callum, Kill, Person, Persons, Said, Sense

Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it.

Eggs, Enough, Hatch, Hens, Sits

Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

Like, Nothing, Quite, Supposed, Supposed To Be

Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.

Like, Nothing, Quite, Supposed, Supposed To Be

It was fine," I said stiffly. "We played Mouse Trap. " "Is that what they're calling it these days?" she asked, throwing me a terrible grin. "I have to go give Rachel a quick bath. Feel free to make yourself some cocoa or whatever you like!" She stopped short of adding ". . . future child-bride of my only son.

Adding, Children, Days, Giving, Grin, Son

Well, what now? You have no job. I have no job. Wanna play Jenga?

Jenga, Job, Jobs, Play, Wanna, Wells

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Giving, Miss, Missing, Pain, Pancreas

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