Ann Dee is the author of This Is What I Did: (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Summer 2007)
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Biography:
Ann Dee has red hair.
She lives in American Fork, Utah.
She took modeling classes when she was in fifth grade.
She never became a model because she doesn’t look like a model.
She eats Triscuits.
She hates toenails.
She ran a marathon.
She has eight older brothers and sisters.
She has an agent named Edward.
She’s scared of seaweed.
She’s scared of people who eat seaweed.
She played the violin for ten years but then she quit for basketball but then she quit basketball.
She doesn’t shave her legs very often.
She likes Halloween.
She has a glow-in-the-dark Halloween apron.
She has never washed the apron because it says “wash by hand only”
The apron has been in the dirty clothes since Halloween.
She has a husband.
He makes things.
He also climbs.
She sometimes tries to climb with him.
She’s not so good.
She has a baby too.
The baby prefers to go by MR. BABY and he is nice.
He can put his whole foot in his mouth.
He rolls all over the house.
Her agent Edward’s last name is Necarsulmer. He’s a fourth.
He lives in New York.
Her agent is the first person she’s known from New York.
Except this one student who was in her creative writing class named Stephen.
Her agent is smart.
He can help you if you need anything.
Anything at all.
She also has a lot of water bottles in her car.
She went to Hawaii twice.
She likes it there.
She wrote a book.
The book is about a boy.
But not the movie.
She is currently finishing her second book.
That book is about a girl.
She lived in Hong Kong and enjoys the sweet red bean soups.
She likes to meet people.
Book: This Is What I Did:
Imagine if you had witnessed something horrific. Imagine if it had happened to your friend. And imagine if you hadn’t done anything to help.
That’s what it’s like to be Logan, an utterly frank, slightly awkward, and extremely lovable outcast enmeshed in a mysterious psychological drama. This story allows readers to piece together the sequence of events that has changed his life and his perspective on what it means to be a good friend and a good person.
This is What I Did: is a powerful read with clever touches, such as palindrome notes strewn throughout the story and incorporated into the unique design of the book. Part novel in verse, part screenplay, and wholly accessible to readers, This is What I Did: will make readers think about what they’ve done.
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