Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favori…

Jerry Spinelli
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Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone. I'm not me anymore. ✨ Jerry Spinelli (2012). The Stargirl Collection, p.142, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone. I'm not me anymore. ✨ Jerry Spinelli (2012). The Stargirl Collection, p.142, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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