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The quote encourages active participation and engagement rather than passive presence. It also suggests that life should be met with appetite, energy, and a willingness to embrace what it offers.
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About Deb Caletti
American writer of young adult and adult fiction
Deb Caletti is an American writer of young adult and adult fiction. She has been a National Book Award finalist and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book medalist, and her work has also received several other awards. Her novels often draw on the Pacific Northwest, and her young adult fiction is noted for taking on difficult subjects usually associated with adult literature. Her first adult novel, "He's Gone," was published in 2013, and she has since written more books for adult readers as well as many titles for teens.
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Books by Deb Caletti
The fortunes of Indigo Skye
2008
The Queen of Everything
2008
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
2005
Essential maps for the lost
2016
The last forever
2014