Finally (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Rory Swenson: She is a lot like me
• Sawyer Swenson: Rory's three year old brother that Rory loves truly. (Most of the time)
• Annabelle: Rory's best friend since little girls, very supportive and nice.
• Sari: She's a good friend of Annabelle, and not that close with Rory. But she's Rory's friend too and she's helpful in all ways.
• Natalie: She's a very popular girl in Rory's grade that throws a lot of boy-girl parties and has a big house.
• Jake Harrison: A famous teenage movie star who Rory gets to do a movie with at her school.
• Madison Waters: A soon to be famous movie star who is dating Jake Harrison. She's really mean, has a lot of jealousy over Rory, and is very pretty.
• Amanda Ellerby: She's Leo's best friend, who also has a BIG secret. She likes playing the drums, and she tries to help Rory out.
• Kira: A huge fan of Jake Harrison. She went to a baby sitting class with Rory.
• Emily St. Claire: She's the girl that Rory baby sits and she's ten. She's nice, but very mischevous.
• Leo Fitzpatrick: Amanda's best friend. A popular boy in their grade, and has a BIG secret that no one knows about.
• Sasha: The older girl that tries to get into a dance lesson.
• Stephanie: Amanda's friend, on the gymnastics team, very popular, and kinda nice.
• Angela De'Angelo: A creepy lady that always gets involved in things, and helps Rory figure out the meaning of her life. She has a duck shaped birthmark on her cheek.

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• “"you won't get what you want, Rory Swenson, until you see what you need.”

  The old woman from the reservoir

• “Looking back, I wish I would've saved one of those wishes, because, if I had, I wouldn't be stuck in this drainpipe right now. Yes, drainpipe.”

  Rory

• “Rory, my Elmo potty is trying to swallow me!”

  Sawyer

• “"Bunny tried to kill me!"”

  Rory

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• “Honey, men are wimps. Why do you think it’s women who have the babies?

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• “I’m naked!” he yells at the unfortunate person on the phone (and the entire restaurant, too), and then tops it off with “I have a naked butt!”

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• “You won’t get what you want, Rory Swenson, until you see what you need.”

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• “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: But when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

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• “How can someone be hot and cool at the same time? Don’t they cancel each other out?”

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• She shakes her head. “No. Other people look. You see. Looking isn’t the same as seeing.”

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• 5. Sit in the front seat of the car. 6. Do my homework without anyone checking it. 7. Pick out my own clothes.

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• “Omigod, I’m so sorry,” I say, bending down to help her pick things up.

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• “Because of you, I got to kiss Jake Harrison when you could have done it yourself. Instead he wound up hitting you in the face with a locker!”

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• It’s a huge mess of ground beef, chunks of what I hope are onion but could be anything,

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• Willow Falls
• Madison

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Preceded by 11 Birthdays, and followed by 13 Gifts.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Wendy Mass (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

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I would say it's an extraordinary book for 9-12 year olds because theres no bad things in this book.As soon as you read a couple of pages you just know how bad Rory ( the main character) wants a phone.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12

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