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Excuse me, but aren't boys forbidden on this floor?' Macey said on our way to the suite. 'That's the advantage of being the only boy,' he (Zach) said. 'No one actually comes right out and makes rules like that.

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Boys, Way, Excuse

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Most people believe me when I lie. I've learned how to say the words just right. I have a trusting kind of face. But the boy in front of me was a trained operative, so Zach knew better. And besides, Zach new me.

Ally Carter

Lying, Believe, Boys

Ally Carter (2011). “Only The Good Spy Young”, p.93, Hachette UK

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How are we doing, Simon?" she whispered into the small microphone in her collar. "Just about..." Simon started slowly. And then he stopped. "Wow." "What?" she asked, panic in her voice. "Nothing," he said too quickly. "What?" she asked again. "Well...it's just that...your boobs look even bigger on TV." Kat took that opportunity to turn and glare at the nearest security camera. In his bathroom stall thirty feet away, Simon nearly fell off the toilet.

Ally Carter

Opportunity, Voice, Feet

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He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

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Running, Pet, Puppy

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It's good to see you, little one." He (Uncle Eddie) scanned her short skirt. "I only wish I were not seeing quite so much of you.

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Uncles, Wish, Littles

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When the woman took the earbud, he didn't ask another question. She was a woman on a mission as she placed the tiny device in her ear and said, "This is Special Agent Abby Cameron. Let me talk to Macey McHenry.

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Special, Ears, Agents

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You know you're smarter than all of them, right?" Hale said flatly. "In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it..." He glanced at the blackjack tables. Simon shook his head. "I don't count cards, Hale." "Don't?" Hale smiled. "Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal." "But it's frowned upon." Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... run with scissors... "It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon.

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Running, Sweat, Swim

Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.42, Hachette UK

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Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.

Ally Carter

Girl, Forgiving, Arms

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I wouldn't mind meeting a dashing thief," the woman's friend whispered. Hale winked at Kat. Kat raised her eyebrows and whispered, "I'd like to meet one of those, too.

Ally Carter

Eyebrows, Mind, Thieves

Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.87, Hachette UK

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Where's the fun in that?

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Fun

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Yes, of course. But ... how?" Kat felt her crew around her: Hamish's arm hung around Simon's shoulders; Gabrielle's delicate hands draped through the arms of Angus and Nick. Kat's own hand found Hale's, then, fingers interlacing, palms pressing together so tightly that Kat knew nothing could come between them. Nothing. She looked at him. No one. "It's easy," Kat said, "when you don't have to do it alone.

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Hands, Together, Arms

Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.301, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it. "The building across the street is under construction," he snarled as soon as we'd carried our bags inside. "The elevator has key card access, and I've hacked into the surveillance cameras from every system on the block," Abby argued. "We have a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual." "Excellent." Townsend dropped his bag. "Now the circle can see us from every angle." "Don't mind Agent Townsend, girls," Abby told us. "He's a glass-half-empty kind of spy." "Also known as the good kind," he countered. Abby huffed.

Ally Carter

Girl, Block, Surveillance Cameras

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The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether it is effective at masking the internal lie detectors of fifteen-year-old boys.

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Lying, Boys, Years

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Hamish's right arm was around Angus's waist as the two of them tangoed past.

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Past, Two, Arms

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You should stop and listen to yourselves sometimes. 'We're practically adults, let us run wild.' 'We're only kids, leave us alone.'...You can't have it both ways.

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Running, Kids, Adults

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I thought about how there are two types of secrets: the kind you want to keep in, and the kind you don't dare to let out.

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Two, Secret, Want

Ally Carter (2011). “Gallagher Girls: Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover”, p.54, Hachette UK

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I mean she's Cleopatra... shouldn't she and Antony have known better? They were so different..." "Variety is the spice of life" "And from a thousand miles apart" "Absence makes the heart grow fonder

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Heart, Mean, Different

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Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.

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Character, Challenges, Needs

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Okay, first thing tomorrow we hit the streets around Taccone's place. Somebody saw something.' 'I got it covered.' 'The DiMarcos might be in town.' 'Actually, they're in jail.' 'All seven of them?' Hale shrugged. 'It was an interesting October.

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Jail, Interesting, Might

Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.44, Hachette UK

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Sure, this was where her father had planned the De Beers diamond heist when she was three. It was the very room where her uncle had orchestrated the hijacking of eighty percent of the world's caviar when she was seven.

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Uncles, Father, Beer

Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.35, Hachette UK

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I am practical by nature, and I'd heard that being a writer or an artist is a good way to starve! So I was an economics major at Oklahoma State, and then received an M.S. from Cornell in Agricultural Resource and Managerial Economics. I knew if I wanted to write I would do it on my own, but I knew I wouldn't make myself study economics on my own.

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Writing, Artist, Oklahoma

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I thought you might need a ride.' 'The headmaster's office called me a car.' He shrugged, indifferent but amused. 'And here I am in a submarine.

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Here I Am, Office, Car

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You really saw some?" Liz said an hour later. Sure, we had the stereo blaring and the shower running, but Liz still whispered, "They really...exist?" "Liz," I whispered back, "they're not unicorns." "No," Bex said flatly, "they're boys. And they're...good.

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Running, Boys, Liz

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Might have a couple of kinks to work through," Hale admitted then reached for her hand. As soon as he touched her, Kat knew there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes--they are the masters of their own fate. And right then Kat wouldn't have changed a thing.

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Couple, Fate, Hands

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Waffles. Im craving waffles." Bex rolled onto her side. "Tell your waffles hi for me.

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Waffles, Sides, Craving

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